title: Extendable Probe.
abstract: In order to maintain the advantages of utilizing the Probe "balloon on a wire" dilatation catheter and still retain the safety of an over-the-wire system for PTCA, a method for extending the probe is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Guthrie Clinic, Ltd. Sayre, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Phillips
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans