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Case Report

Volume 13, Number 2, April 2022, pages 118-121

Snaring Technique for Removal of Entrapped Coronary Guidewire in the Left Anterior Descending Artery

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. (a) Left anterior (LA) caudal view on the left with view of guidewire in LCX, LAD, and D1 (arrow). (b) Mobile guidewire with detached distal portion entrapped in drug-eluting stent (arrows). LCX: left circumflex artery; LAD: left anterior descending; D1: first diagonal branch.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Gross specimen of retrieved stent and guidewire showing separation and unwinding of the distal tip of the BMW wire.