title: Crossing failure in PTCA: mind the deflated balloon profile!
abstract: An attempt to reposition an Integra PTCA balloon-on-a-wire failed although the whole stenosed segment could be crossed before inflation. After careful removal the device showed a grossly altered shape. Deflated balloon profiles, quite different from the initial shape, can determine the outcome both in dissections and in multilesion cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital De Weezenlanden Zwolle, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hoorntje
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: de Boer
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Zijlstra
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography