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Angioscopic evaluation of prolonged vs standard balloon inflations during coronary angioplasty

DOI

11

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0

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1995

Year

Alain Cribier, Neeraj Jolly, Hélène Eltchaninoff, René Köning, Brahim Baala, M Kothari, Charles Chan, B Letac
European Heart Journal

Abstract

(1) prolonged sequential balloon inflations lead to less residual luminal stenosis after PTCA, with a decreased incidence of intimal flaps in comparison with standard inflations. (2) Post-PTCA transluminal coronary angioscopy is safe and offers better assessment of luminal effects of PTCA than angiography.