[Coronary angioplasty using double balloon in artery of large calibre (hugging balloons)]
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Vascular Balloon Injury and Intraluminal Administration in Rat Carotid Artery
Published on: December 23, 2014
M P Centemero1, M N Cano, G Maldonado
1Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo.
Arquivos Brasileiros De Cardiologia
|July 1, 1993
Abstract:
In this case report the transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed in a oversized right coronary artery with a severe lesion with thrombus inside, using the Hugging balloon technique (two dilatation balloon catheters used simultaneously). This technique achieved minimal residual lesion and had a favorable clinical outcome of the patient.
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