title: [The kissing balloon in angioplasty of coronary stenosis involving the bifurcation of a major branch].
abstract: A case of severe effort angina treated with Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) is described. The critical coronary lesion involved the left anterior descending coronary artery and the origin of a first diagonal branch. The "kissing balloon" technique was used. After a year, the immediate positive angiographic results remained unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Malattie Cardiovascolari, Università degli Studi di Siena.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bravi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Del Sordo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pierli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuveri
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: II "kissing balloon" nella angioplastica delle stenosi coronariche interessanti la biforcazione di un ramo principale.