The anchor technique, inflating a balloon in a nontarget vessel, provided superior guiding catheter support to help advance a balloon or stent across target lesions during coronary angioplasty.
Does the anchor technique improve guiding catheter support for balloon or stent crossing during coronary angioplasty?
The anchor technique provides superior guiding catheter support to facilitate balloon or stent crossing in complex coronary angioplasty.
Abstract To get superior guiding catheter support, we tried a new method called the anchor technique. By inflating a balloon in a nontarget vessel and holding its shaft with backward force while advancing another balloon, the anchor effect for the guiding catheter could be obtained and it appeared to be helpful for a balloon or a stent to cross the target lesion. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:482–488. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
Fujita et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Coronary angioplasty. Anchor technique was evaluated on Guiding catheter support for crossing target lesion. The anchor technique, inflating a balloon in a nontarget vessel, provided superior guiding catheter support to help advance a balloon or stent across target lesions during coronary angioplasty.