Excimer laser-facilitated balloon angioplasty of a nondilatable lesion.
Preliminary clinical experience with excimer laser coronary angioplasty shows that it is a safe and effective means of achieving nonsurgical coronary revascularization in selected patients but specific indications for its use are as yet undefined. In the present report a specific indication is proposed for the use of the excimer laser: to facilitate balloon inflation in a rigid stenosis that fails to dilate despite high balloon inflation pressures.
Israel
D H
DH
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
Marmur
J D
JD
Sanborn
T A
TA
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D016342:Angioplasty, Laser; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged