Anchor balloons assisted deep intubation of 5F catheters for uncrossable lesions

S Zhang, K Xu, N Yang

  • 1Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.

Insights

Complex coronary lesions pose challenges for percutaneous coronary intervention. A novel anchor balloon technique with a "child-in-mother" catheter successfully treated four cases where conventional methods failed, enabling stent delivery.

Area of Science:

  • Interventional Cardiology
  • Vascular Medicine
  • Medical Device Technology

Background:

  • Complex coronary lesions, including variant origins, calcification, and tortuosity, present significant challenges in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
  • Conventional PCI techniques sometimes fail to cross these difficult lesions, leading to suboptimal outcomes.
  • The development of new devices and techniques is crucial for improving PCI success rates in complex cases.

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