European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on October 4, 2006
European Heart Journal 2007 28(5):545; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehl239
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Coronary artery perforation complicated by cardiac rupture during conventional PCI
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Clinic, Villarroel, 170, Barcelona 08036, Spain
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A 65-year-old female hypertensive, hypercholesterolaemic patient on medical therapy for stable angina presented with worsening symptoms. Coronary angiogram revealed a left coronary artery (LCA) with a 50% stenosis and a right coronary artery (RCA) subocclusion