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Late-detected nodular calcification suggestive of guidewire malposition into the subintima

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Abbreviations

IVUS:

Intravascular ultrasound

POBA:

Plain old balloon angioplasty

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  1. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 6-1, Kishibe-shimmachi, Suita, Osaka, 564-8565, Japan

    Kota Murai, Hideo Matama, Marina Arai & Teruo Noguchi

  2. Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1, Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan

    Kota Murai, Hideo Matama & Teruo Noguchi

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by KM. The first draft of the manuscript was written by KM and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Supplementary video 1. Intravascular ultrasound before and after POBA. Left: Intravascular ultrasound before POBA. Right: Intravascular ultrasound after POBA. POBA, plain old balloon angioplasty. (MP4 13773 kb)

Supplementary video 2. Intravascular ultrasound after guidewire recrossing. The white ellipse indicates the location of the first guidewire. (MP4 13713 kb)

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Murai, K., Matama, H., Arai, M. et al. Late-detected nodular calcification suggestive of guidewire malposition into the subintima. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 39, 273–274 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-022-02718-5

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