Effectiveness of the hugging balloon technique in coronary angioplasty for a heavy, encircling, calcified coronary lesion.
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.
Ahn
Min Soo
MS
Department of Cardiology, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Yoon
Junghan
J
Lee
Jun Won
JW
Lee
Kyoung Hoon
KH
Kim
Jang Young
JY
Yoo
Byung Su
BS
Lee
Seung Hwan
SH
Choe
Kyung Hoon
KH