USE OF EXCIMER LASER IN THE TREATMENT OF CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION OF A CORONARY-ARTERY THAT CANNOT BE CROSSED WITH A BALLOON CATHETER

被引:9
作者
BERGER, PB [1 ]
BRESNAHAN, J [1 ]
机构
[1] MAYO CLIN & MAYO FDN,DIV CARDIOVASC DIS & INTERNAL MED,ROCHESTER,MN 55905
来源
CATHETERIZATION AND CARDIOVASCULAR DIAGNOSIS | 1993年 / 28卷 / 01期
关键词
PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; RECANALIZATION;
D O I
10.1002/ccd.1810280109
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
The inability to advance a balloon across a chronically occluded coronary artery that has been crossed with a guidewire occurs in 5% of patients with chronic occlusions. In this report, a new indication for the excimer laser is described: the recanalization of a chronic occlusion that has been crossed with a guidewire that cannot be crossed with a balloon catheter.
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页码:44 / 46
页数:3
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