TY - JOUR
T1 - Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
T2 - How to manage coronary perforations
AU - Claessen, Bimmer E.
AU - Mehran, Roxana
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - The incidence of coronary perforation in a contemporary cohort of 13,339 PCI procedures was 0.51%. The majority (75%) were large-vessel perforations Although only 1 patient required emergency cardiac surgery, in-hospital mortality was high (10%) Given the infrequent occurrence of coronary perforations, uniform recommendations for its management are lacking. Nonetheless, the present study suggests that avoiding oversized balloons or stents might potentially reduce the incidence of perforations.
AB - The incidence of coronary perforation in a contemporary cohort of 13,339 PCI procedures was 0.51%. The majority (75%) were large-vessel perforations Although only 1 patient required emergency cardiac surgery, in-hospital mortality was high (10%) Given the infrequent occurrence of coronary perforations, uniform recommendations for its management are lacking. Nonetheless, the present study suggests that avoiding oversized balloons or stents might potentially reduce the incidence of perforations.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85062765913&origin=inward
UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30859726
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28055
DO - https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.28055
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 30859726
SN - 1522-1946
VL - 93
SP - E255-E256
JO - Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
JF - Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
IS - 4
ER -