When one won't do it, use two - Double "buddy" wiring to facilitate stent advancement across a highly calcified artery

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 721-723

  Jafary, Fahim H ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Buddy wire; Calcified artery; Coronary interventions; New techniques; Stenting

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; STENT;

AGED; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS;

EID: 33646231229     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20651     Document Type: Article

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