Coronary Perforation of Distal Diagonal Branch Followed by Prolonged Recurrent Cardiac Tamponade Finally Resolved with Pericardiotomy - the Potential Risk of Hydrophilic Guide-Wires

Fig. (1) Fluoroscopic images of left coronary artery during PCI. A - Cine image of LAD/Dg stenosis. B - Cine image of LAD/Dg stenoses during predilatation. C - Cine angiography of LAD/Dg after PCI. D - The guide-wire tip before removal from Dg. Dg, diagonal branch; LAD, left anterior descending; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.