INFLATED BALLOON ENTRAPPED IN A CALCIFIED CORONARY STENOSIS

Authors
BREISBLATT WM
Citation
Wm. Breisblatt, INFLATED BALLOON ENTRAPPED IN A CALCIFIED CORONARY STENOSIS, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 29(3), 1993, pp. 224-228
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
29
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
224 - 228
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1993)29:3<224:IBEIAC>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
Balloon angioplasty in calcified coronary lesions may have a decreased success rate and an increased incidence of complications. Previous ca ses have been reported on the phenomena of catheter or wire entrapment , but this report highlights a new problem in association with a calci fied stenoses. This case lead to the unusual problem of the inflated b alloon being entrapped within the lesion while the distal portion of t he balloon remained inflated even after balloon deflation. (C) 1993 Wi ley-Liss, Inc.