Cutting balloon: review on principles and background of use in peripheral arteries.
This review describes peripheral use of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty (CBA), its characteristics, and its distinction from conventional BA and describes the experimental and clinical background of its current use in peripheral arteries.
Cejna
Manfred
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Department of Radiology, Vienna Medical School, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. manfred.cejna@lkhf.at
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D000818:Animals; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D015607:Stents