Eccleston DS, Cumpston GN, Hodge AJ, Pearne-Rowe D, Don Michael TA. Ultrasonic coronary angioplasty during coronary artery bypass grafting.
Am J Cardiol 1996;
78:1172-5. [PMID:
8914887 DOI:
10.1016/s0002-9149(96)90076-4]
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Abstract
This preliminary study in 20 patients demonstrated that ultrasonic coronary angioplasty in the setting of bypass grafting is feasible, safe, and able to recanalize atherosclerotic vessels. Shorter monorail probes were superior to longer probes without guidewires in terms of success of vessel recanalization; >95% of particle debris was <25 microm in size.
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