✦ LIBER ✦
Exit block: A new technique for difficult side branch angioplasty
✍ Scribed by Nakhjavan, Fred. K. ;Najmi, Moosa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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✦ Synopsis
Angioplasty of a stenosis at the origin of a diagonal branch was initially unsuccessful because of the straight course of the anterior descending artery and a sharp bend at the diagonal branch. Therefore, in a second attempt, the anterior descending artery was blocked by inflating a balloon distal to the diagonal branch, thereby facilitating the passage of guidewire and balloon into the diagonal branch.