IJCS | Volume 33, Nº4, July and August 2020

421 Figure 2 - Intraoperative image of the guidewire piece in the aorta. very limited in the literature. The most recommended treatment is the urgent surgical removal of the extraneous material from the coronary circulation. We believe that new percutaneous techniques should be developed for the treatment of calcified plaques to reduce the risk of guidewire entrapment. Author contributions Conception and design of the research: Coskun E; Acquisition of data: Coskun E, Tekin A; Analysis and interpretation of the data: Altınay L; Statistical analysis: Altınay L, Coskun E; Obtaining financing: No; Writing of the manuscript: Coskun E, Altınay L; Critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content: Tutun U; Supervision / as the major investigador: Coskun E, Altınay L, Tutun U. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This study is not associated with any thesis or dissertation work. Ethics approval and consent to participate This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. Coskun et al. İntracoronary broken guidewire Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2020; 33(4):419-422 Case Report