Angioplastia coronária com uso de duplo baläo em artéria de grande calibre (hugging balloons)
Coronary Angioplasty with the Double Balloon Technique in Large Lumen Artery (Hugging Balloon)
Arq. bras. cardiol; 61 (1), 1993
Publication year: 1993
Em paciente do sexo masculino, com 73 anos de idade, foi realizada angioplastia em artéria coronária direita de grande calibre, com lesäo severa associada a trombo, utilizando-se 2 balöes, colocados lado a lado, e insuflados simultaneamente (técnica denominada Hugging Balloons), garantindo a obtençäo de lesäo residual pequena e boa evoluçäo hospitalar
In this case report the transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed in a oversized right coronary artery with a severe lesion with thrombus inside, using the Hugging balloon technique (two dilatation balloon catheters used simultaneously). This technique achieved minimal residual lesion and had a favorable clinical outcome of the patient