The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 45, 678-679, Copyright © 1988 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Surgical removal of guidewire fragment following transluminal coronary angioplasty
MS Proctor and LV Koch
Department of Surgery, Mercy Hospital, Scranton, PA.
Following percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, wire fragments
retained within the patient usually can be removed without an operation. We
report a case requiring surgical removal of a guidewire fragment from the
distal circumflex coronary artery.