title: The Cutting Balloon--a new technology?
abstract: The Cutting Balloon consists of a standard balloon dilatation catheter with four microtome-sharp blades that incise the plaque and minimize arterial wall trauma. It was used in 31 patients; nine had calcified arteries, ten had non-compliant lesions, three had in-stent restenosis and nine had aorto-ostial lesions. Seventeen lesions were predilated, 28 were post-dilated and 18 required stent implantation. The procedure was very effective in aorto-ostial lesions, non-compliant lesions that were not responsive to high-pressure balloon dilatation, and was partially successful in calcified arteries. It has a very specific niche in selected lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University, Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: MS
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gotsman
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dusa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nassar
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hasin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lotan
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rozenman