Cutting balloon: review on principles and background of use in peripheral arteries

Manfred Cejna

doi:10.1007/s00270-004-0115-4

Cutting balloon: review on principles and background of use in peripheral arteries

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2005 Jul-Aug;28(4):400-8. doi: 10.1007/s00270-004-0115-4.

Author

Manfred Cejna¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Vienna Medical School, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. manfred.cejna@lkhf.at

PMID: 16034656
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-004-0115-4

Abstract

This review describes peripheral use of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty (CBA), its characteristics, and its distinction from conventional BA and describes the experimental and clinical background of its current use in peripheral arteries.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation
Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods
Animals
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / therapy*
Coronary Stenosis / therapy
Equipment Design
Humans
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / therapy*
Renal Dialysis / instrumentation
Stents