Case Report
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World J Cardiol. Jul 26, 2019; 11(7): 189-194
Published online Jul 26, 2019. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v11.i7.189
Use of rotablation to rescue a “fractured” micro catheter tip: A case report
Mohammad Alkhalil, Conor McQuillan, Michael Moore, Mark S. Spence, Colum Owens
Mohammad Alkhalil, Conor McQuillan, Mark S. Spence, Colum Owens, Cardiology Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom
Michael Moore, Cardiology Department, Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown BT63 5QQ, United Kingdom
Author contributions: Alkhalil M conceptualised, collected and analysed data, drafted the manuscript; McQuillan C collected and analysed data, reviewed the manuscript; Moore M provided resources, reviewed and edited the manuscript; Spence M supervised, reviewed and edited the manuscript; Owens C supervised, reviewed and edited the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Mohammad Alkhalil, DPhil, MRCP, Doctor, Cardiology Department, Royal Victoria Hospital, 274 Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, United Kingdom. mak-83@hotmail.com
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Received: January 30, 2019
Peer-review started: January 31, 2019
First decision: April 15, 2019
Revised: April 22, 2019
Accepted: June 20, 2019
Article in press: June 21, 2019
Published online: July 26, 2019
Core Tip

Core tip: Fractured micro-catheter tip impeding flow has not been previously described. With aging population and increasing calcification, this phenomenon is likely to face interventional cardiologists in the future. Non-surgical bailed-out strategy to rescue the trapped tip is described in the current case.