title: Excimer laser-facilitated balloon angioplasty of a nondilatable lesion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Israel
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Marmur
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sanborn
mesh_terms: 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