Excimer laser facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention of a nondilatable coronary stent. |
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| Authors: | J Sunew R H Chandwaney D W Stein S Meyers C J Davidson |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois, USA. |
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A patient is described in which excimer laser percutaneous coronary intervention is performed inside a suboptimally expanded stent due to nondilatable calcified plaque. The use of excimer laser facilitated full expansion of the stent with a balloon. |
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| Keywords: | percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty coronary artery disease |
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