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Novel technique for stent delivery in tortuous coronary arteries: Report of three cases
Author(s) -
Fernandes Valerian,
Kałuża Grzegorz L.,
Godlewski Boguslaw,
Li George,
Raizner Albert E.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10139
Subject(s) - medicine , balloon , stent , radiology , coronary arteries , delivery system , surgery , biomedical engineering , artery
We present a novel technique for stent delivery across tortuous lesions. Gentle forward pressure was applied on the stent balloon while the balloon was inflated to 2–3 atm. This resulted in the balloon and stent crossing the impeding segment and settling in the target site where it was deployed with excellent angiographic outcome. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;55:485–490. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.