Flynn M S, Aguirre F V, Donohue T J, Bach R G, Caracciolo E A, Kern M J
Department of Internal Medicine, St. Louis University Hospital, Missouri 63110.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1993 Aug;29(4):285-8. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810290408.
A wire perforation of a totally occluded right coronary artery was treated successfully with prolonged balloon inflation. This non-surgical management is preferred if physiologic and anatomic conditions are suitable.