WRAPPING OF AN ACE(TM) BALLOON-ON-A-WIRE DEVICE DURING PTCA THROUGH ADIAGNOSTIC 5FR CATHETER

Balloon wrapping is a new phenomenon that has been described with rite introduction of balloon-on-a-wire devices. The ACE(TM) balloon cathet er is one such second-generation device. There have been no reports of balloon wrapping or twisting with this fixed wire catheter. This arti cle describes a patient who developed balloon wrapping it? the course of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty through a 5.2Fr Cord is diagnostic catheter, during multilesion dilatation in a small and t ortuous left anterior descending coronary artery. The causative mechan isms, as well as alternative approaches Soi dealing with such a simila r scenario in future are discussed.