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Excimer laser facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention of a nondilatable coronary stent
J Sunew1, R H Chandwaney, D W Stein
1Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Abstract:
A patient is described in which excimer laser percutaneous coronary intervention is performed inside a suboptimally expanded stent due to nondilatable calcified plaque. The use of excimer laser facilitated full expansion of the stent with a balloon.