The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
Prevalence and outcomes of coronary artery perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention
EuroIntervention 2017;13:e595-e601 published online April 2017 published online e-edition August 2017. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-16-01038
Oliver P. Guttmann1*, MD; Daniel A. Jones1, PhD; Ankur Gulati1, MD; Tushar Kotecha2, MBBS; Hossam Fayed2, MBBS; Deven Patel2, MD; Tom Crake1, MD; Mick Ozkor1, MD; Andrew Wragg1, PhD; Elliot J. Smith1, MD; Roshan Weerackody1, PhD; Charles J. Knight1, MD; Anthony Mathur1, PhD; Constantinos O’Mahony1,3, MD
1. Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom; 2. Department of Cardiology, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; 3. Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University College Londo
Aims: We aimed to examine the prevalence, clinical outcomes and procedural characteristics of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) complicated by coronary artery perforation (CAP) in