Excimer laser facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention of a nondilatable coronary stent.
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.
Sunew
J
J
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Chandwaney
R H
RH
Stein
D W
DW
Meyers
S
S
Davidson
C J
CJ
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017222:Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents