title: Dilating guide wire: use of a new ultra-low-profile percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty system.
abstract: The following case reports represent two examples using the newly released Dilating Guide Wire. The balloon-wire system is specifically designed to be used as a steerable percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) guide wire. It can be utilized as a predilatation device in combination with a standard PTCA dilating balloon or as a free-standing dilatation catheter. As applied to the following situations, predilatation proved to be an effective time- and step-saving approach when confronting severely stenosed coronary artery lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, New Jersey.
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Rizzo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ciccone
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Werres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged