A novel buddy balloon technique to recross a T‐stented bifurcation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - Tập 74 Số 1 - Trang 103-107 - 2009
Brendan Gunalingam1, Richard Y.J. Chan1
1Department of Cardiology, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia

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AbstractThe T technique is not uncommonly used to stent bifurcation lesions. It requires recrossing into the side branch with a guidewire and balloon to perform final Kissing Balloon dilations, but recrossing can be difficult. We describe a case of bifurcation stenting where balloon recrossing following guidewire placement into the side branch proved very challenging, and was finally achieved via a combination of forward pressure on a low‐profile balloon with its tip wedged at the stent struts along with simultaneous low‐pressure inflation of a larger parallel balloon. This altered the stent architecture and also allowed for a more favorable vector of force transmission to allow recrossing and hence successful completion of the procedure. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Tập 74 Số 1

103-107

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