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Case Reports
. 2005 Sep-Oct;28(5):661-4.
doi: 10.1007/s00270-004-0158-6.

Cutting-balloon-associated vascular rupture after failed standard balloon angioplasty

S Chakraverty  1 , M A J Meier, J C N M Aarts, R A Ross, G D Griffiths
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Case Reports

Cutting-balloon-associated vascular rupture after failed standard balloon angioplasty

S Chakraverty et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2005 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

The following case reports illustrate a possible complication of vascular rupture when cutting balloon dilatation is performed immediately after failed standard balloon angioplasty to the same diameter. Deferral of the cutting balloon dilatation should be considered in such circumstances.

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