Novel technique for stent delivery in tortuous coronary arteries: report of three cases.
We present a novel technique for stent delivery across tortuous lesions. Gentle forward pressure was applied on the stent balloon while the balloon was inflated to 2-3 atm. This resulted in the balloon and stent crossing the impeding segment and settling in the target site where it was deployed with excellent angiographic outcome.
Fernandes
Valerian
V
The Methodist DeBakey Heart Center and Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Kałuza
Grzegorz L
GL
Godlewski
Boguslaw
B
Li
George
G
Raizner
Albert E
AE
D000368:Aged; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents