Wiring of tortuous coronary arteries-let the heart do the hard work!

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2008-11-12
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Tortuous coronary arteries pose a special problem for the cardiac interventionists. They are associated with difficulty in advancement of guidewire, balloons and stents across the coronaries with higher complications. We describe an interesting phenomenon of "self advancement of guidewire" in tortuous coronary arteries with an illustrative case.
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Ramakrishnan S, Singh S, Bhargava B. Wiring of tortuous coronary arteries-let the heart do the hard work! Indian Heart Journal. 2008 Nov-Dec; 60(6): 597-8