 Case
1: Mercogliano, Naples |
| Operating Physician: Dr Jean Fajadet Background: |
• Tortuous and Calcific Lesion
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A Guidant
Crosssail balloon 2.0 x 20mm was used
without success on the first attempt |
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An Aqua T3 was used
with success |
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With this success
using Aqua T3, when Crosssail failed.
Aqua T3 was being used on subsequent
cases for the rest of the day |
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| “Aqua T3 is an excellent
balloon” - Dr Jean Fajadet |
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| Case
2 : JIM Meeting, Rome |
| Operating Physician: Dr A. Colombo Background: |
| • Aqua T3 were used on several live
cases to predilate tortuous vessels |
| “Outstanding balloon”
- Dr A. Colombo |
| * Remarks
: |
Dr A. Colombo
nicknamed Aqua T3 “AQUA Fresh”, which
means new and nice sounding. Dr A. Colombo
was involved in the Aqua T3 market preference
test in Europe. |
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| Case
3: London Chest Hospital, UK |
| Operating Physician: Dr Charles Knight Background: |
| • 55-year-old diabetic Asian male |
• Lesion 1 : Short diseased segment
at the ostium of LAD
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This
lesion was treated with direct stenting
using BX Sonic with good result |
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• Lesion 2 : Circumflex lesion with
95% ostial stenosis (culprit lesion)
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This
lesion was first predilated using Aqua
T3 2.5 x 20 mm without success |
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Dr Knight then used
maverick 2.5 x 20 mm (his usual balloon
of choice), but failed. Patient started
having pronounce ST segment changes
Dr Knight then pulled a 1.5 x 20mm Maverick,
but Maverick again failed to cross |
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Finally, Dr Knight
attempted to cross the 95% ostial lesion
using Aqua T3 2.0 x 20mm. To his astonishment,
2.0 x 20mm Aqua T3 crossed the lesion! |
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| “...that is really very
impressive...”- Dr Charles Knight |
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| Case
4: Papworth, UK |
| Operating Physician: Dr Schofield Background:
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• Tight right Calcified lesion
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A Crosssail
was used but could not cross |
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Aqua T3 was then
used and passed through effortlessly |
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| * Remarks
: |
Words got
around in the department that Aqua T3
has a good profile, as another doctor
in the department has also used Aqua
T3 in a challenging situation with success. |
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| Case
5: Valmont (South France) |
| Background: |
• Bifurcation lesion of 90% stenosis
at LAD and Diagonal 2
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Bifurcation
lesion of 90% stenosis at LAD and Diagonal
2 |
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Pre-dilate the Aqua
T3 1.5 x 15mm to create a channel |
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Aqua T3 3.0 x 15mm
was used to dilate the lesions at LAD
and Diagonal 2 |
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Followed by deploying
2 BX Sonic stents |
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| “Constant push transmission
from the proximal part to the distal part,
good deflation time and secondary profile
? which was important in this case with several
inflations at different sites.” |
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| Case
6: Valmont (South France) |
| Background: |
• 2 tight 95% stenosis in RCA
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First attempt to cross
the 95% lesion with Galeo (Biotronik
balloon) was unsuccessful |
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Aqua T3
was then used and crossed the lesions
easily to predilate for BX Sonic deployment
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| “Excellent trackability,
even on very tight stenosis. Distal shaft
is very soft and conforming.” |
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| Case
7: PCE Symposium, Sweden |
| PCI Symposium on January 19-21 in Sweden. |
| 4 live cases were transmitted from a hospital
in Stockholm and Aqua T3 2.5 X 10mm balloons
were used with great success in all cases.
The audiences were surprised and asking “What
is that good balloon?” |
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| Case
8: Sint Antonio’s Hospital, Nieuwegein |
| Background: |
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Aqua T3 was used to cross multiple
bends of more than 90 degree during
one of the procedures |
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In crossing these bends,
the balloon performed excellently and
was inflated very distal lesion in CX
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| “You have something very
good here.” |
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| Aqua
T3, Europe Market Preference Tests |
| Conclusion: |
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Aqua T3 is rated as a top quality
balloon by all users (40% Excellent,
56 % Good) |
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The Aqua T3 is considered to be equivalent
or better than the Maverick by 93% of
the Boston Scientific Users |
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The Key strengths of the Aqua T3:
Pushability, Trackability and Crossability |
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Customers were impressed by the excellent
deflation time and secondary profile |
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The low compliance of
the Aqua T3 has received good remarks
by many physicians and is the unique
safety feature of Aqua T3 |
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