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Ann Thorac Surg 1991;51:829-830
© 1991 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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An unusual problem during surgical removal of a broken guidewire

Lex Maat, MD*, Lex A. van Herwerden, MD, Marcel van den Brand, MD, Egbert Bos, MD

Departments of Cardio-Pulmonary Surgery and Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Dijkzigt Hospital, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Accepted for publication October 22, 1990.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Maat, Department of Cardio-Pulmonary Surgery, Room BD 156, Dijkzigt Hospital, Dr Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

At operation, it proved impossible using traction alone to remove an angioplasty guidewire that was lodged in an intermediate artery. The problem was solved by passing a Teflon catheter over the wire, thus protecting the left main coronary artery while freeing the entrapped distal end of the guidewire.




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