New technique for superior guiding catheter support during advancement of a balloon in coronary angioplasty: the anchor technique.
To get superior guiding catheter support, we tried a new method called the anchor technique. By inflating a balloon in a nontarget vessel and holding its shaft with backward force while advancing another balloon, the anchor effect for the guiding catheter could be obtained and it appeared to be helpful for a balloon or a stent to cross the target lesion.
Fujita
Shinya
S
Department of Cardiology, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Shiga, Japan.
Tamai
Hideo
H
Kyo
Eisho
E
Kosuga
Kunihiko
K
Hata
Tatsuhiko
T
Okada
Masaharu
M
Nakamura
Takuji
T
Tsuji
Takafumi
T
Takeda
Shinsaku
S
Bin Hu
Fang
F
Masunaga
Nobutoyo
N
Motohara
Seiichiro
S
Uehata
Hiromu
H
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male