Successful Retrieval of Entrapped Gaia Guidewire in Calcified Chronic Total Occlusion Using Rotational Atherectomy Device

Jae Young Cho; Soon Jun Hong

doi:10.1536/ihj.17-188

International Heart Journal

Online ISSN : 1349-3299
Print ISSN : 1349-2365
ISSN-L : 1349-2365

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Successful Retrieval of Entrapped Gaia Guidewire in Calcified Chronic Total Occlusion Using Rotational Atherectomy Device

Jae Young Cho, Soon Jun Hong

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Keywords: Guidewire entrapment, Coronary intervention

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2018 Volume 59 Issue 3 Pages 614-617

DOI https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.17-188

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Abstract

We report a novel technique for retrieving an entrapped Gaia guidewires in severely calcified coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) using a rotational atherectomy device. By successfully cutting the entrapped and untangled guidewire within the CTO with the use of a rotational atherectomy device, we could effectively remove the Gaia guidewire from the right coronary artery.

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