title: Effectiveness of the hugging balloon technique in coronary angioplasty for a heavy, encircling, calcified coronary lesion.
abstract: We report our experience in coronary angioplasty and intravascular ultrasonography (IVUS) on a heavy, encircling, calcified lesion that was not dilated with the use of a cutting balloon and a non-compliant balloon. The angioplasty was successfully performed with a simple and inexpensive hugging balloon technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Soo
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Junghan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jun Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyoung Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jang Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Byung Su
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Seung Hwan
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung Hoon
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Choe