title: "Kissing balloon" technique in percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography: single-guide catheter, dual-wire, dual-balloon system with single inflation device.
abstract: This is a report of a new modification of the "kissing balloon" technique for complex multivessel angioplasty. Based on a series of five consecutive cases, we describe a representative case in which a single guide catheter and two over-the-wire balloon catheters were utilized in association with a single inflation device. This approach could have significant advantages over the two-inflation-device approach, based primarily on its lower cost without compromise of the effectiveness and safety of the technique.
authors.affiliation: Mid-America Heart Institute/Saint Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri 64111-3210, USA.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Krikorian
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Vacek
authors.forename: G B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Beauchamp
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004867:Equipment Design; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation