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The BAT assembly: Kimny guiding catheter, protruding balloon (black arrow), and Sion guide wire.
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Trek PTCA catheter (Abbott Vascular) over a 0.014'' Sion coronary guide wire (Asahi). The balloon catheter, which was kept partially outside the distal end of the guiding catheter, was inflated at 4 bars to ensure fixation of the guiding catheter onto the coronary wire (Figure 2).