Abstract

Percutaneous coronary interventions have become the mainstay of treatment for coronary artery disease with more than two million procedures performed annually. Incidence of PCIs through transradial route has increased nowadays as it is easier, safer and cost effective than transfemoral route. With this increasing trend, mechanical complications are also on the rise. Although Radial access complications are rare, they have been reported. Radial access site complications occur in about 0.5 to 1% of all cases. Here we report a rare case of 57 years old lady, who presented to our hospital with Acute Inferior wall Myocardial Infarction, underwent Primary Percutaneous coronary intervention to Right Coronary Artery and post procedure, the 6Fr Terumo Radial artery sheath became entrapped in the Radial artery. It was successfully retrieved by emergency surgery using C arm fluoroscopy as multiple attempts to retrieve it in Catheterisation lab have failed.