Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Neila Sayah, MD; Florian Rey, MD; Mohamed Nosair, MD; Hung Ly, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2019)

Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Neila Sayah, MD,
Florian Rey, MD,
Mohamed Nosair, MD,
Hung Ly, MD

Affiliations

Neila Sayah, MD: Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Address for correspondence: Dr. Neila Sayah, Interventional Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, 5000 Rue Bélanger, Montréal, Québec H1T 1C8, Canada.
Florian Rey, MD: Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Cardiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
Mohamed Nosair, MD: Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hung Ly, MD: Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 5
pp. 771 – 773

Abstract

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Burr entrapment remains a serious complication of rotational atherectomy. This report describes an advanced technique for the management of entrapped atherectomy burrs. Commonly strategies were unsuccessful. A chronic total occlusion angioplasty technique was used successfully: the subintimal dilation and “external crushing” plaque modification technique. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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