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Case Reports
. 1991 Sep;24(1):45-50.
doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810240111.

"Hugging balloons" through a single 8-French guide: salvage angioplasty with lytic therapy in the infarct vessel of a 40-year-old man

M W Krucoff  1 , J E Smith, J D Jackman Jr, M A Croll, H R Phillips, R Stack
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"Hugging balloons" through a single 8-French guide: salvage angioplasty with lytic therapy in the infarct vessel of a 40-year-old man

M W Krucoff et al. Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1991 Sep.

Abstract

We report the a case of hugging balloons through an 8-French guiding catheter to stabilize an ectatic right coronary artery following failed thrombolytic therapy in the setting of acute myocardial infarction. Angiographic follow-up at 1 wk and 6 mo revealed persistent vessel patency.

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