posted by Andy Platts on 09 October 2007 13:10:49
Excellent pushability especially with a stiff hydrophilic wire. Speeds up infragenicular angioplasty enormously particularly with th 0.018 system. 20 minutes of creeping forwards with a low profile system is replaced by one rapid smooth push. A word of caution -- if the stainless tube is bent or angulated to extreme it "ovalises" and collapses, gripping the wire. If this occurs the ballon must be discarded and a new one used. Trying to staighten it will fracture the tube.
