Coronary artery perforation during coronary angioplasty.

Grollier G, Bories H, Commeau P, Foucault J P, Potier J C

Clin Cardiol. 1986 Jan;9(1):27-9. doi: 10.1002/clc.4960090106.

In one patient percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was complicated by coronary artery perforation of the left anterior descending coronary artery with light pericardial effusion. The outcome was favorable without either pericardiocentesis or emergency surgery.