Coronary angioplasty requiring extraordinarily high balloon inflation pressure.
Two cases are presented in which extraordinarily high balloon inflation pressures (20 and 17 atm) were required to successfully dilate a saphenous vein graft stenosis and a right coronary artery stenosis. The clinical application of high balloon inflation pressures and balloon selection is discussed.
Willard
J E
JE
Department of Internal Medicine (Cardiology Division), Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75216.
Sunnergren
K
K
Eichhorn
E J
EJ
Grayburn
P A
PA
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011312:Pressure; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation