title: The kissing balloon technique with two over-the-wire balloon catheters through a single 8-French guiding catheter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: den Heijer
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Bernink
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: van Dijk
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Twisk
authors.forename: K I
authors.initials: KI
authors.lastname: Lie
mesh_terms: 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