title: "Hugging balloons" through a single 8-French guide: salvage angioplasty with lytic therapy in the infarct vessel of a 40-year-old man.
abstract: We report the a case of hugging balloons through an 8-French guiding catheter to stabilize an ectatic right coronary artery following failed thrombolytic therapy in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. Angiographic follow-up at 1 wk and 6 mo revealed persistent vessel patency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Krucoff
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jackman
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Croll
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stack
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy