RETRIEVAL OF DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY GUIDING CATHETER WITH ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON CATHETER

Citation
Aaeg. Sabe et Sm. Ettinger, RETRIEVAL OF DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY GUIDING CATHETER WITH ANGIOPLASTY BALLOON CATHETER, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 35(3), 1995, pp. 237-239
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
35
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
237 - 239
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1995)35:3<237:RODCAG>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Directional coronary atherectomy (DCA) has been shown to be a safe and effective treatment for occlusive coronary artery disease, We report a case of an atherectomy guiding catheter severing in two with success ful retrieval of the dislodged segment by an integrated angioplasty ba lloon catheter system. (C) 1995 Wiley-Liss, Inc.