Funny coronary arteriole perforation causes tamponade post-primary percutaneous coronary intervention

Konstantinos C Theodoropoulos; Maria-Anna Bazmpani; Antonios Kouparanis; Antonios Ziakas; George Kassimis

doi:10.25270/jic/23.00152

Funny coronary arteriole perforation causes tamponade post-primary percutaneous coronary intervention

J Invasive Cardiol. 2024 Feb;36(2). doi: 10.25270/jic/23.00152.

Authors

Konstantinos C Theodoropoulos¹, Maria-Anna Bazmpani², Antonios Kouparanis², Antonios Ziakas², George Kassimis²

Affiliations

¹ 1st Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece. Email: ktheod2005@hotmail.com.
² 1st Cardiology Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.

PMID: 38335513
DOI: 10.25270/jic/23.00152

Abstract

An emergency transradial coronary angiography in a 68-year-old woman demonstrated sub-total occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending artery.

Keywords: perforation; pericardiocentesis; primary percutaneous coronary intervention; tamponade.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Arterioles
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / surgery
Female
Humans
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* / adverse effects