Michaella Alexandrou, Athanasios Rempakos, Deniz Mutlu, Ahmed Al Ogaili, James W Choi, Paul Poommipanit, Khaldoon Alaswad, Mir Babar Basir, Rhian Davies, Farouc A Jaffer, Raj H Chandwaney, Lorenzo Azzalini, Nazif Aygul, Phil Dattilo, Brian K Jefferson, Sevket Gorgulu, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Oleg Krestyaninov, Jarrod Frizzell, Basem Elbarouni, Bavana V Rangan, Olga Mastrodemos, M Nicholas Burke, Yader Sandoval, Emmanouil S Brilakis
BACKGROUND: There is limited data on equipment loss or entrapment during chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: We analyzed the baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics and outcomes of equipment loss/entrapment at 43 US and non-US centers between 2017 and 2023. RESULTS: Equipment loss/entrapment was reported in 40 (0.4%) of 10 719 cases during the study period. These included guidewire entrapment/fracture (n = 21), microcatheter entrapment/fracture (n = 11), stent loss (n = 8) and balloon entrapment/fracture/rupture (n = 5)...
February 23, 2024: Journal of Invasive Cardiology