title: Rotaglide-facilitated stent delivery: mission accomplished.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary interventions are performed with a high success rate, though failures still occur. Inability to deliver stents to the target lesion is the most common cause for failures. We present two cases using Rotaglide applied on the stents to enable delivery, showing that Rotaglide is effective in improving stent delivery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA. achan@ochsner.org
authors.forename: Albert W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ramee
authors.forename: Tyrone
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Quintana
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008153:Lubrication; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D017211:Treatment Failure