Catastrophic Consequence of Gauze During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 Aug 14;10(15):e141-e142. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.04.033. Epub 2017 Jul 19.

Authors

Hiroyoshi Mori¹, Robert Kutys¹, Maria Romero¹, Renu Virmani¹, Aloke V Finn²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
² Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland; Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: afinn@cvpath.org.

PMID: 28734887
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.04.033

No abstract available

Keywords: PCI; gauze; inflammation; migration; thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Autopsy
Biopsy
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Fatal Outcome
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
Foreign-Body Migration / pathology
Foreign-Body Reaction / diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Reaction / etiology*
Foreign-Body Reaction / pathology
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease*
Incidental Findings
Male
Middle Aged
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / adverse effects*
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation*
Stents
Surgical Mesh / adverse effects*