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Triple balloon-on-a-wire or "ménage à trois" coronary angioplasty
R L Lindsey1, J Saporito, P C Kleist
1Division of Cardiology, Pittsburgh Heart Institute of Shadyside Hospital, PA.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
We have described here the triple balloon or "ménage à trois" technique of coronary angioplasty of trifurcation lesions or closely approximated bifurcation lesions. Although the need for this technique is uncommon on anatomic grounds, it can facilitate excellent angiographic results.