Excimer laser-facilitated balloon angioplasty of a nondilatable lesion
DH Israel,
JD Marmur,
and
TA Sanborn
Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York.
Preliminary clinical experience with excimer laser coronary angioplasty shows that it is a safe and effective means of achieving nonsurgical coronary revascularization in selected patients but specific indications for its use are as yet undefined. In the present report a specific indication is proposed for the use of the excimer laser: to facilitate balloon inflation in a rigid stenosis that fails to dilate despite high balloon inflation pressures.
