A case Is described in which hugging balloons, one a perfusion and the other a non-perfusion balloon, w r e used to salvage a failed coronary angloplasty. A discussion concerning balloon combinations, techniques, and therapeutic options is included.
Hugging balloon angioplasty of right coronary artery
✍ Scribed by Oral, Dervis ;Pamir, Gülgün ;ömürlü, Kenan ;Alpman, Ahmet ;Ispanoglu, Müfit ;Akyol, Turhan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 238 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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