Coronary angioplasty on an impassable calcified stenosis using a buddy balloon technique.
We report our experience in coronary angioplasty on a calcified lesion that was not passable with balloon catheters despite an adequate preangioplasty lumen size on angiogram and intravascular ultrasonography study. The angioplasty was successfully performed with a simple and inexpensive buddy balloon technique.
Li
Steven Siu-Lung
SS
Department of Medicine, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China. listevensl@yahoo.com
Cheng
Cheung-Wah
CW
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional