A rare complication: hydrophilic coating of puncture guide wire found floating in the pulmonary artery

J Invasive Cardiol. 2023 Dec;35(12). doi: 10.25270/jic/23.00069.

¹ Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China; WangJiang Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
² Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
³ Department of Cardiology, Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China. Email: lucong100@126.com.

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation was admitted to Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital, and radiofrequency ablation therapy was planned.

Keywords: atrial fibrillation; pulmonary artery; vascular puncture guidewire.