Excimer laser facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention of a nondilatable coronary stent

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2001 Aug;53(4):513-7; discussion 518. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1212.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / surgery
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Stents*