title: New technique for superior guiding catheter support during advancement of a balloon in coronary angioplasty: the anchor technique.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Shiga Medical Center for Adults, Shiga, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tamai
authors.forename: Eisho
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kyo
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosuga
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Masaharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Takafumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: Shinsaku
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bin Hu
authors.forename: Nobutoyo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Masunaga
authors.forename: Seiichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Motohara
authors.forename: Hiromu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uehata
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male