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Use of a second buddy wire during percutaneous coronary interventions: a simple solution for some challenging situations.

December 6, 2005   Categories: Blogroll  Posted by admin

The buddy wire technique, i.e. the use of a second 0.014 inch guide wire placed alongside the one employed to advance balloons and stents inside the coronary artery during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), may help in a series of procedural challenges during PCI.

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