Journal of Medical Cases, ISSN 1923-4155 print, 1923-4163 online, Open Access
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Case Report

Volume 12, Number 6, June 2021, pages 230-232


Pericardial Tamponade Caused by Rotational Atherectomy Ablation Grinding Through a Barrier Stent Protruding From the Diagonal Artery: A Case Report

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Figure 1.
Figure 1. Angiography and under-expanded balloon and stent under-expansion. (a) Baseline coronary angiogram of left anterior descending artery (LAD) and first diagonal (D1). (b) Balloon expansion at high pressure failed to expand the lesion. (c) The first stent was deployed from the proximal of LAD to the proximal of diagonal with under-expansion.
Figure 2.
Figure 2. Final result. The final angiogram showed fully expanded left anterior descending artery (LAD) and first diagonal (D1).