PTCA procedure for Shepherd's Crook right coronary artery lesion with a new long soft-tip 6F guiding catheter.

A new Cordis Long Brite Tip 6F guiding catheter (I.D. .

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for coronary stenosis following radiotherapy.

A 50-year-old woman who developed severe angina pectoris 67 months following radiation therapy of the left side of the chest for adenocarcinoma of the left breast is reported. Angiographic studies showed an isolated severe stenosis in the left anterior descending coronary artery. Successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy in pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

A unique case of severe and diffuse endocardial fibroelastosis covering the entire left ventricle and associated with pseudoxanthoma elasticum is presented. The clinical picture was that of an apparently primary restrictive cardiomyopathy. Specific histologic lesions could be recognized in the endocardium.