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Initial experience with the EuropassTM: A new ultra‐low profile monorail balloon catheter by Marco Zimarino; Thierry Corcos; Xavier Favereau; Corrado Tamburino; Marcel Toussaint; Christian Spaulding; Yves Guérin is a scholarly article available to read on EtoBox.

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One of the causes for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) failure is the inability to cross the lesion with the balloon catheter after guidewire positioning. The Europass@ coronary angioplasty catheter is a monorail Duralynm balloon catheter developed to enhance lesion crossability and to overcome this limitation. This system was evaluated in 50 patients in which target lesions were chronic total coronary occlusions (12 cases) or stenoses that could not be reached or crossed by other new monorail balloon catheters. Overall procedural success was obtained in 49/50 patients (98%), using a single Europassm balloon catheter in 46/50 patients (92%), with no in-hospital complications. Its low profile, small distal shaft, and excellent trackability allowed successful angioplasty in cases where other catheters failed. This balloon catheter represents a significant advance in angioplasty technology and can be considered as a first-choice device for a safe and expeditious single-operator procedure.

Author

Marco Zimarino; Thierry Corcos; Xavier Favereau; Corrado Tamburino; Marcel Toussaint; Christian Spaulding; Yves Guérin

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0098-6569)

Published

1994

Language

EN