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Bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation to bail out nail gun injury in ST-segment myocardial infarction

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  1. Klinik für Kardiologie, Klinikum Oldenburg, European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, Medizinischer Campus der Universität Oldenburg, Rahel-Straus-Str. 10, 26133, Oldenburg, Germany

    Torsten Schütz & Oliver Weingärtner

  2. Universitätsklinik für Anästhesie, Intensiv-, Notfall- und Schmerzmedizin, Klinikum Oldenburg, European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, Oldenburg, Germany

    Christoph Karmeinsky

  3. Universitätsklinik für Herzchirurgie, Klinikum Oldenburg, European Medical School Oldenburg-Groningen, Oldenburg, Germany

    Friedrich P. Krönig

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Video 1: coronary angiography revealing a nail compressing the proximal circumflex artery. (M4V 27730 KB)

Video 2: vascular scaffold implantation in the nail compressed proximal circumflex artery. (M4V 10749 KB)

Video 3: coronary angiogram after vascular scaffold implantation and thrombotic reocclusion. (MOV 355 KB)

Video 4: coronary angiogram after vascular scaffold implantation and abciximab i.c. application. (MOV 375 KB)

Video 5: surgical removal of the nail during open heart surgery. (MOV 796 KB)

Video 6: bleeding after surgical removal of the nail. (MOV 338 KB)

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Schütz, T., Krönig, F.P., Karmeinsky, C. et al. Bioresorbable vascular scaffold implantation to bail out nail gun injury in ST-segment myocardial infarction. Clin Res Cardiol 107, 87–90 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-017-1160-8

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