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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 51, 829-830, Copyright © 1991 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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An unusual problem during surgical removal of a broken guidewire

L Maat, LA van Herwerden, M van den Brand and E Bos
Department of Cardio-Pulmonary Surgery, Dijkzigt Hospital, Erasmus University, 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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