Kawase Yoshiaki, Hayase Motoya, Ito Shigenori, Ojio Shinsuke, Tahara Hiroyuki, Ehara Mariko, Kondo Hiroaki, Ito Yoshihisa, Suzuki Yoriyasu, Ishihara Yoshiyuki, Suzuki Takahiko
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2003 Feb;58(2):202-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.10443.
Although coronary perforation can cause tamponade during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), this is unusual for patients previously undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) due to pericardial adhesions. We report here on a rare case of right ventricular out-flow obstruction complicating PCI in a patient with a previous CABG.