AngioSculpt PTCA Balloon Catheter entrapment and detachment managed with stent jailing

Pappy, R.; Gautam, A.; Abu-Fadel, M.S.

Journal of Invasive Cardiology 22(10): E208-E210

2010


ISSN/ISBN: 1557-2501
PMID: 20944201
Document Number: 641241
The AngioSculpt PTCA Scoring Balloon Catheter is an FDA-approved device for plaque modulation. We describe the first case of AngioSculpt EX catheter entrapment and detachment in the right coronary artery during PCI that was successfully managed with stent jailing of the entrapped balloon catheter and its shaft against the vessel wall.

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