Successful retrieval of an entrapped and uncoiled guide wire using a wire-cutting technique

Wenjie Tian; Linxian Cui; Christopher J Nicholson; Rajeev Malhotra

doi:10.5830/CVJA-2021-056

Successful retrieval of an entrapped and uncoiled guide wire using a wire-cutting technique

Cardiovasc J Afr. 2022;33(3):162-164. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2021-056. Epub 2022 Mar 8.

Authors

Wenjie Tian¹, Linxian Cui², Christopher J Nicholson³, Rajeev Malhotra⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. Email: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Academy of Medical Sciences and Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China.
³ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

Entrapment and uncoiling of a guide wire are life-threatening and technically challenging complications during percutaneous coronary intervention. We present a case using a wire-cutting technique with the guidance of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to retrieve an entrapped and uncoiled guide wire under the stent struts in a calcified circumflex artery.

Keywords: complication; intravascular ultrasound; percutaneous coronary intervention.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / surgery
Device Removal / methods
Humans
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* / adverse effects
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* / methods
Stents