[Coronary angioplasty using double balloon in artery of large calibre (hugging balloons)].
In this case report the transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed in a oversized right coronary artery with a severe lesion with thrombus inside, using the Hugging balloon technique (two dilatation balloon catheters used simultaneously). This technique achieved minimal residual lesion and had a favorable clinical outcome of the patient.
Centemero
M P
MP
Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo.
Cano
M N
MN
Maldonado
G
G
de Almeida
J D
JD
Sousa
A G
AG
Sousa
J E
JE
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications
Angioplastia coronária com uso de duplo balão em artéria de grande calibre (hugging balloons).