Novel guidewire-based stent delivery system: Examination by intravascular ultrasound.
This report describes the first-in-man experience with a novel 0.014-in. guidewire-based, self-expanding stent delivery system designed for small or tortuous coronary arteries that may be difficult to access with conventional stent-delivery systems.
Yamasaki
Masao
M
Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Ako
Junya
J
Honda
Yasuhiro
Y
Hassan
Ali
A
Koo
Bon
B
Abizaid
Alexandre
A
Fitzgerald
Peter
P
Whitbourn
Robert
R
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional