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Case Report

Volume 6, Number 2, April 2015, pages 257-259

Wondering PTCA Wire: Retrieval by Tangling Technique

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. Antero-posterior (AP) cranial view showing total occlusion of mid left anterior descending (LAD) artery.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Antero-posterior (AP) cranial view showing post procedural TIMI III flow of left anterior descending (LAD) artery.
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Antero-posterior (AP) cranial view showing broken distal segment of jailed wire in obtuse marginal branch of left circumflex artery (LCX).
Figure 4.
Figure 4. Antero-posterior (AP) caudal view showing distal segment of jailed wire being entangled by two BMW wires.
Figure 5.
Figure 5. Antero-posterior (AP) caudal view showing one free end in aortic sinus and other end in proximal left circumflex artery (LCX).
Figure 6.
Figure 6. Antero-posterior (AP) caudal view showing broken wire in proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery and other end in proximal LCX.
Figure 7.
Figure 7. Antero-posterior (AP) caudal view showing distal segment of jailed wire being entangled by triple rescue wires.