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The balloon on a wire device: a new ultra-low-profile coronary angioplasty system/concept
R K Myler1, M R Mooney, S H Stertzer
1San Francisco Heart Institute, Seton Medical Center, Daly City, California 94015.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
A new ultra-low-profile coronary angioplasty device, a "balloon probe," is presented. This device consists of a balloon on a coronary guidewire and is the lowest profile dilatation system presently available. The balloon material is polyethylene terephthalate, a new polymer with high inflation pressure limits and very low compliance. This report discusses this device and its usage in coronary artery disease.