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Document Details : Title: Coronary artery perforation Subtitle: A rare complication of coronary angiography Author(s): TIMURKAYNAK, Timur , CIFTCI, Haci , CEMRI, Mustafa Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 56 Issue: 5 Date: October 2001 Pages: 323-325 DOI: 10.2143/AC.56.5.2005694 Abstract : We report perforation of two side branches of the right coronary artery during selective coronary angiography.We suppose that forceful injection of contrast into a non-dominant artery with severe proximal stenosis could have led to this complication.To the best of our knowledge this is the sec- ond reported case of coronary perforation during angiography. |
