“Hugging balloons” through a single 8-french guide: Salvage angioplasty with lytic therapy in the infarct vessel of a 40-year-old man

We report the a case of hugging balloons through an 8-French guiding catheter to stabilize an ectatic right coronary artery following failed thrombolytic therapy In the setting of acute myocardial infarction. Angiographic follow-up at 1 wk and 6 mo revealed persistent vessel patency.