title: Distal 'buddy-in-jail' technique: a complementary 'Jail with stent' method for stent delivery.
abstract: Delivery of coronary stents can be challenging, but the use of a second or 'buddy' wire helps the progression of equipment through tortuous and rigid vessels. We successfully positioned a coronary stent in a distal lesion, intentionally jailing the buddy wire during stent delivery. The jailed wire was then used to proceed further with proximal coronary stenting. We report 10 cases using either the jailed or the non-jailed wire for this modified 'buddy-in-jail' technique.
authors.affiliation: C H U Mont Godinne UCL , Yvoir , Belgium.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dangoisse
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guédès
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schroëder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents