Experience with operative transluminal balloon-catheter dilatation of the coronary arteries.
A technique is presented for hand dilatation of coronary artery segments not amenable to bypass with a balloon catheter. This technique is used in 8% of patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass surgery. Problems with catheter design, although troublesome, have resulted in no adverse sequelae to the coronary arteries. Postoperative angiography has revealed a good result in 71% of the lesions dilated. The technique is simple, is performed under direct visualization, and has proved to be safe.
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period