Hugging balloon angioplasty of right coronary artery.
We report a case of "hugging balloon" dilatation of a giant right coronary artery using two dilatation catheters, a balloon "on a wire" and a balloon "rapid exchange" systems via a single guiding catheter. The necessity of larger PTCA balloon catheter (> 4.0 mm) was stressed.
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Cardiology Department, Medical School of Ankara University, Turkey.
Pamir
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Omürlü
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Alpman
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Ispanoğlu
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Akyol
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents