Excimer laser-facilitated angioplasty for undilatable coronary narrowings.
Calcified and fibrotic coronary artery lesions cannot always be dilated with conventional balloon angioplasty even at high pressures. This study examines the success of excimer laser facilitated angioplasty in 38 lesions in 37 patients with lesions that failed balloon angioplasty alone.
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massactusetts, USA.
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Ahmed
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al-Anazi
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Bittl
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017222:Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome