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Extraction of an Entangled Coronary Guidewire Using the Balloon Trapping Technique

Supplementary video 1. Angiography. Proximal left anterior descending lesion.

 

 

Supplementary video 2. Wire removal with trapping balloon. Retraction of jailed guidewire.

 

 

Supplementary video 3. Angiographic result. Intact stent following guidewire removal.

 

Read Clinical Images: Extraction of an Entangled Coronary Guidewire Using the Balloon Trapping Technique. 


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