The kissing balloon technique with two over-the-wire balloon catheters through a single 8-French guiding catheter.
Some of the newer over-the-wire coronary angioplasty catheters have shaft sizes of 3.0 French (F) or less. The inner diameter of modern 8-F guiding catheters is large enough to accommodate two of such balloon catheters. We report a kissing balloon procedure with two over-the-wire catheters through a single 8-F guiding catheter.
den Heijer
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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Bernink
P J
PJ
van Dijk
R B
RB
Twisk
S P
SP
Lie
K I
KI
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged