Novel technique for stent delivery in tortuous coronary arteries: Report of three cases

• Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 485 - 490
• Main Authors: Fernandes, Valerian, Kałuża, Grzegorz L., Godlewski, Boguslaw, Li, George, Raizner, Albert E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01-04-2002; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: Aged; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - methods; coronary; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Disease - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Artery Disease - surgery; deployment; Diseases of the cardiovascular system; Female; heart; Humans; intervention; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); stent; Stents; tortuosity; Human; Endoprosthesis; Tortuosity; Treatment efficiency; Coronary artery; Instrumentation therapy; Clinical form; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Stent; Case study; Treatment; Technique
• ISSN: 1522-1946; 1522-726X
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10139

We present a novel technique for stent delivery across tortuous lesions. Gentle forward pressure was applied on the stent balloon while the balloon was inflated to 2–3 atm. This resulted in the balloon and stent crossing the impeding segment and settling in the target site where it was deployed with excellent angiographic outcome. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2002;55:485–490. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.