Case Report

Concertina Phenomenon in the Left Anterior Descending Artery: An Unexpected Circumstance in an Unexpected Vessel

Abstract

The concertina phenomenon is the occurrence of new and transient angiographic series of pseudolesions in a tortuous vessel induced mainly by a stiff guide wire. Here, we describe a 53-year-old man who experienced a concertina effect in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) during an elective percutaneous coronary intervention. After the diagnosis of the concertina phenomenon in the LAD, a percutaneous coronary intervention was performed following the withdrawal of the soft guide wire to the mid level of the LAD. After the intervention, the patient remained in very good clinical status and was discharged on the third postprocedural day.

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IssueVol 13 No 4 (2018): J Teh Univ Heart Ctr QRcode
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DOI https://doi.org/10.18502/jthc.v13i4.643
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Coronary vessels Coronary angiography Coronary stenosis
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Hayıroğlu M İlker, Çınar T, Öz A Öz, Keskin M. Concertina Phenomenon in the Left Anterior Descending Artery: An Unexpected Circumstance in an Unexpected Vessel. J Tehran Heart Cent. 2018;13(4):183-185.