Furushima H, Matsubara T, Tamura Y, Yamazoe M, Konno T, Ida T, Aizawa Y, Moro H, Watanabe H, Eguchi S
First Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University School of Medicine, Japan.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1997 May;41(1):59-61. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199705)41:1<59::aid-ccd15>3.0.co;2-l.
Coronary artery perforation is a relatively rare complication in coronary angioplasty. We report the case of a 71-year-old male, who was salvaged by emergency surgery, for cardiogenic shock due to subepicardial hematoma associated with balloon angioplasty. Such a case has not yet previously been reported.