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1742778

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-13
pubmed:abstractText
A small portion of lesions are refractory to coronary angioplasty even when very high pressures are used. This leads to a failed angioplasty and emergent bypass surgery. We successfully attempted the technique of hugging balloons or two polyethelene terephthalate (PET) balloons inflated simultaneously side by side which successfully dilated a lesion which would not dilate using standard techniques. This technique successfully dilated the lesion as the geometry of two balloons inflated side by side is different from one balloon. Two balloons inflated side by side consists of two outer semi-circles and a central trapezoidal square area. This altered geometric configuration may be important in successfully dilating a lesion refractory to standard dilating techniques. Higher pressures can be attained with smaller balloons as the burst pressure is higher in smaller balloons compared to larger balloons.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0098-6569
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Two hugging balloons at high pressures successfully dilate a lesion refractory to routine coronary angioplasty.
pubmed:affiliation
Maimonides Medical Center, Division of Cardiology, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11219.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports