USE OF INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IN EVALUATING REPEATED BALLOON RUPTURE DURING CORONARY STENTING

Authors
ZELLNER C SWEENEY JP KO E SUDHIR K CHOU TM
Citation
C. Zellner et al., USE OF INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND IN EVALUATING REPEATED BALLOON RUPTURE DURING CORONARY STENTING, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 40(1), 1997, pp. 52-54
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
40
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
52 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1997)40:1<52:UOIUIE>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Balloon rupture during coronary angioplasty is a well-recognized compl ication of PTCA. Coronary angiography commonly fails to elicit the cau se of balloon perforation, We present a case with multiple balloon rup ture during additional high-pressure inflations of a Palmaz-Schatz ste nt where intravascular ultrasound was useful in revealing a calcified lesion protruding through the struts of the stent. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss , Inc.