title: Excimer laser facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention of a nondilatable coronary stent.
abstract: A patient is described in which excimer laser percutaneous coronary intervention is performed inside a suboptimally expanded stent due to nondilatable calcified plaque. The use of excimer laser facilitated full expansion of the stent with a balloon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sunew
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Chandwaney
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017222:Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents