title: Use of intravascular ultrasound in evaluating repeated balloon rupture during coronary stenting.
abstract: Balloon rupture during coronary angioplasty is a well-recognized complication of PTCA. Coronary angiography commonly fails to elicit the cause of balloon perforation. We present a case with multiple balloon rupture during additional high-pressure inflations of a Palmaz-Schatz stent where intravascular ultrasound was useful in revealing a calcified lesion protruding through the struts of the stent.
authors.affiliation: Adult Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0124, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zellner
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Sweeney
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sudhir
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional