Entrapment and breakage of devices used in coronary interventions are rare complications, but have occurred with increasing frequency. Knowledge and mastery of techniques to rescue these materials are of paramount importance to solve these incidents. We report a successful withdrawal of a 0.014” retained guidewire in the coronary artery, by the so-called twin guidewire technique.
Twin guidewire technique for retrieval of retained guidewire in the coronary system
Tomita,Carolina Mywa and Sousa,Isadora Martins de and Franchetti,Marcos and Maia,Julio de Paiva. Twin guidewire technique for retrieval of retained guidewire in the coronary system. J Transcat Intervent [online]. 2018, vol.26, [cited 2026-03-06], Available from: <https://jotci.org/article/twin-guidewire-technique-for-retrieval-of-retained-guidewire-in-the-coronary-system/>. ISSN . https://doi.org/10.31160/JOTCI2018;26(1)A0012.
Tomita,Carolina Mywa; Sousa,Isadora Martins de; Franchetti,Marcos; Maia,Julio de Paiva. Twin guidewire technique for retrieval of retained guidewire in the coronary system. J Transcat Intervent, v.26, Sep. 2018. Available from: <https://jotci.org/article/twin-guidewire-technique-for-retrieval-of-retained-guidewire-in-the-coronary-system/>. acess on 06 Mar. 2026. https://doi.org/10.31160/JOTCI2018;26(1)A0012.
Tomita,Carolina Mywa, & Sousa,Isadora Martins de, & Franchetti,Marcos, & Maia,Julio de Paiva. (2018). Twin guidewire technique for retrieval of retained guidewire in the coronary system. J Transcat Intervent, 26, https://doi.org/10.31160/JOTCI2018;26(1)A0012.
TomitaCarolina Mywa, SousaIsadora Martins de, FranchettiMarcos, MaiaJulio de Paiva. Twin guidewire technique for retrieval of retained guidewire in the coronary system. J Transcat Intervent [Internet]. 2018 Sep [cited 2026 Mar 06]; 26: Available from: https://jotci.org/article/twin-guidewire-technique-for-retrieval-of-retained-guidewire-in-the-coronary-system/. https://doi.org/10.31160/JOTCI2018;26(1)A0012.
