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Int J Angiol
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715084
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715084
Case Report
A New Technique to Puncture and Remove a PTCA Balloon that Fails to Deflate
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Abstract
We present the first clinical report and describe the technique of using a modified Heartrail II guiding catheter to successfully puncture and remove a coronary angioplasty balloon that failed to deflate after stent implantation.
Keywords
coronary - angioplasty balloon - puncture - balloon failure - deflate - stent - Heartrail catheterPublication History
Article published online:
16 September 2020
Thieme Medical Publishers
333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA.
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