Tamura M, Oda H, Miida T, Sato H, Higuma N, Toeda T
Department of Cardiology, Niigata City General Hospital, Japan.
Jpn Heart J. 1993 Sep;34(5):633-7. doi: 10.1536/ihj.34.633.
We describe a case in which the guide wire penetrated through the left anterior descending artery into the left ventricular cavity during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. This complication of coronary angioplasty which had not been previously reported was suspected because of the characteristic motion of the guide wire on the X-ray image and was confirmed by echocardiography.
