[Use of a balloon-tipped guidewire to pre-dilate coronary stenosis].
Two cases of coronary angioplasty of very tight stenoses are reported in which, after failure of conventional low-profile catheters, a balloon-tipped guidewire was used to predilate the lesion, with subsequent advancement of a larger balloon catheter over the wire itself to complete the dilatation. It is suggested that this balloon-tipped guidewire can be helpful for safe predilatation of very tight coronary stenoses with no need for complex catheter exchanges.
Divisione Universitaria di Cardiologia, Ospedale Molinette, Torino.
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D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
Uso di un filo-guida a palloncino per predilatare le stenosi coronariche serrate.