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The use of multiple “buddies” during transradial angioplasty in a complex calcified coronary tree
Author(s) -
Dana A.,
Barbeau G.R.
Publication year - 2006
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.20617
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , circumflex , balloon , cardiology , arterial tree , atherectomy , coronary arteries , revascularization , artery , tree (set theory) , stent , restenosis , myocardial infarction , mathematical analysis , mathematics
We report our experience in transradial coronary angioplasty on a tortuous, calcified coronary tree in a patient who had been turned down for surgical revascularization. In view of the complexity of the coronary anatomy, successful completion of the procedure required plaque modification with the use of rotational atherectomy in the left anterior descending coronary artery, and the use of an inflated buddy balloon in the circumflex artery. The latter represents a novel, simple, and inexpensive technique, which may allow successful advancing of coronary stents in calcified and tortuous coronary arteries. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.