Coronary angioplasty of bifurcational lesions with the protecting branch technique using 6 French guiding catheter.
The use of 6 French guiding catheters is still usually limited to elective percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. We describe our preliminary experience with this guiding size to perform a double guide wire procedure for angioplasty or coronary bifurcation lesions, to protect (n = 5) and/or to sequentially dilate (n = 9) a major side branch. Technical success was 12/14 (86%), angiographic success 13/14 (93%), and in-hospital outcome was event free in all patients. Thus, 6 French guiding size is both safe and effective for the majority of coronary bifurcation angioplasty.
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies