title: Balloon deflection technique: A method to facilitate entry of a balloon catheter into a deployed stent.
abstract: The entry of an angioplasty balloon into a coronary stent is occasionally difficult due to poorly expanded stent struts or calcified tissue blocking balloon passage. We describe a simple technique using a second guidewire and balloon to facilitate entry into the stent. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51:312-313, 2000.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Abernethy
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Choo
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Oesterle
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Jang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019233:Retreatment; D015607:Stents