Rescue transcatheter embolectomy following complicated transluminal extraction atherectomy of a coronary vein graft.

Transluminal extraction catheter atherectomy of a saphenous vein graft to the right coronary artery was performed in a 72-year-old female and was complicated by distal embolization. A successful transcatheter aspiration of the embolic plaque was achieved. The usefulness of this technique as a coronary intervention is discussed.