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Received 16 October 2018 Accepted 16 November 2018 Introduction Over the years, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become one of the most performed medical procedures in the world. Its evolution… Click to show full abstract
Received 16 October 2018 Accepted 16 November 2018 Introduction Over the years, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has become one of the most performed medical procedures in the world. Its evolution was based on improvement of both materials and techniques. Hydrophilic coating technology allowed angioplasty guidewires to navigate with greater efficiency in the coronary arteries, thus enabling operators to perform increasingly challenging procedures. However, during PCI, the hydrophilic coating of guidewires can be embolized to the microcirculation and the real clinical relevance is yet to be determined [1–4]. We report on two patients who underwent complex PCI because of an acute coronary
Journal Title: Coronary Artery Disease
Year Published: 2019
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