✦ LIBER ✦
Simultaneous inflation of tandem (sequential) angioplasty balloons: A means of simultaneously treating multiple lesions in one coronary artery
✍ Scribed by Ormiston, John A. ;Webster, Mark W. I.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 201 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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✦ Synopsis
We report a novel approach to dilating multiple lesions in a coronary artery. Through the same guide and over different wires, a 3.5 mm diameter, 20 mm length, and a 3.0 mm diameter, 90 mm length balloon were simultaneously inflated in a right coronary artery. This approach, which simultaneously treats sequential (tandem) lesions of different diameter and length, allows reduction of both the total duration of ischemia and procedural time and may improve early angiographic outcome.