Fracture of cutting balloon microsurgical blade inside coronary artery during angioplasty of tough restenotic lesion: a case report. |
| |
| Authors: | K K Haridas M Vijayakumar Kumar Viveka T Rajesh N K Mahesh |
| |
| Affiliation: | Amrita Institute of Medical Science and Research Centre, Kochi, India. ammaheart@aimshospital.org |
| |
| Abstract: | We report a rare complication due to fracture of the blade of a cutting balloon in the setting of a tough nondilatable restenotic lesion. This resulted in a mural hematoma as a result of dissection of coronary artery. |
| |
| Keywords: | cutting balloon PTCA |
|
