title: Successful percutaneous coronary intervention of 2 cases of complex coronary lesions facilitated by use of 0.010-inch guidewire and compatible balloon catheters.
abstract: We describe 2 cases of complex coronary lesions in which the conventional 0.014-inch balloon catheters failed to cross a chronic subtotal occlusion and also failed to adequately predilate a calcified coronary lesion. The novel use of a 0.010-inch guidewire and compatible balloon catheters in both cases allowed us to perform the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) successfully, and we highlight the usefulness of these new devices as important adjunctive tools in PCI. (J Interven Cardiol 2011;24:315-319).
authors: Department of Cardiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore. hokai_wah@yahoo.com
authors: Hee Hwa
authors: HH
authors: Ho
authors: Kwok Kong
authors: KK
authors: Loh
authors: Yau Wei
authors: YW
authors: Ooi
authors: Paul Jau
authors: PJ
authors: Ong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome