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Entrapment of a completely radiolucent fragment of balloon catheter: should we try to retrieve or knock the invisible fragment?

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  1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, 1-847 Amanuma-cho, Omiya-ku, Saitama-City, Saitama, 330-8503, Japan

    Shinnosuke Sawano, Kenichi Sakakura & Hideo Fujita

  2. Department of Cardiology, JCHO Saitama Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

    Yoshimasa Tsurumaki

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Dr. Sakakura has received speaking honoraria from Abbott Vascular, Boston Scientific, Medtronic Cardiovascular, Terumo, OrbusNeich, Japan Lifeline, and NIPRO. He has served as a proctor for Rotablator for Boston Scientific and has served as a consultant for Abbott Vascular and Boston Scientific. Prof. Fujita served as a consultant for Mehergen Group Holdings, Inc.

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Sawano, S., Sakakura, K., Tsurumaki, Y. et al. Entrapment of a completely radiolucent fragment of balloon catheter: should we try to retrieve or knock the invisible fragment?. Cardiovasc Interv and Ther 36, 386–388 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-020-00683-1

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