title: [Increased primary success rate in coronary angioplasty using a guide wire with attached balloon (microprobe)].
abstract: In 15 cases of 350 consecutive coronary angioplasties conventional low profile balloon catheters did not traverse the stenosis or occlusion over the guide-wire. A balloon on a wire device ("Microprobe", 2 mm) passed the stenosis or occlusion easily with a good primary result in 14 cases. The angioplasty procedure could then be completed with a larger standard balloon catheter. Use of the balloon on a wire device expands the technical facilities of angioplasty and increases the primary success rate in technically difficult cases.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik der Universität Göttingen.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Unterberg
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wiegand
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tebbe
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kreuzer
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Erhöhte primäre Erfolgsrate bei der Koronarangioplastie durch Einsatz eines ballonarmierten Führungsdrahtes (Microprobe).