Successful excimer laser angioplasty following unsuccessful primary balloon angioplasty
| Autor: | Donald A. Rothbaum, Zachary I. Hodes, Ronald J. Landin, Christopher L. Wolfe, Michael W. Ball, Melissa A. Klette, Thomas J. Linnemeier |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
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medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Coronary Disease Balloon Excimer Coronary Angiography Angioplasty Laser Balloon dilatation Lesion Coronary artery disease Angioplasty medicine Humans Angioplasty Balloon Coronary Aged Excimer laser business.industry Calcinosis Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Treatment Outcome Female Radiology medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Excimer laser angioplasty |
| Zdroj: | Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis. 28(4) |
| ISSN: | 0098-6569 |
| Popis: | We report five patients where excimer laser coronary angioplasty facilitated successful balloon dilatation of heavily calcified lesions that could not be dilated by conventional angioplasty techniques alone. In each case, the lesion was crossed successfully with a guide wire. Conventional angioplasty failed because of inability to cross the lesion with a balloon (four lesions) or inability to dilate the lesion with balloon inflation (two lesions). These cases illustrate an indication for excimer laser coronary angioplasty as an adjunctive procedure in heavily calcified coronary stenoses. © 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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