Kissing balloon angioplasty of a circumflex artery bifurcation lesion. A new approach utilizing two balloon-on-wire probes and a single guiding catheter.
A new approach to angioplasty of a coronary artery bifurcation lesion is described. Via a single guiding catheter, two ultra low-profile balloon-on-wire probes were advanced into the AV sulcus branch and a large obtuse marginal branch of the circumflex artery. The balloons were inflated simultaneously. The technique was easy to perform and remarkably effective.
van Leeuwen
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Department of Cardiology, Sint Radboud Hospital, Catholic University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Pijls
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van der Werf
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged