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Balloon Dilatation

Known as: Ballonet, A pallone, ballooning 
An endoscopic therapeutic procedure in which a balloon device is used to dilate a narrowed lumen.
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Randomized Comparison of Final Kissing Balloon Dilatation Versus No Final Kissing Balloon Dilatation in Patients With Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated With Main Vessel Stenting: The Nordic-Baltic…
Background— It is unknown whether the preferred 1-stent bifurcation stenting approach with stenting of the main vessel (MV) and… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Balloon dilatation eustachian tuboplasty: A clinical study
To assess the feasibility of balloon dilatation eustachian tuboplasty (BET) as an option for treatment of patients with… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Rapamycin-eluting stents for the treatment of bifurcated coronary lesions: a randomized comparison of a simple versus complex strategy.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: assessment of variability in pathologic interpretations.
The exact cause, prevalence, and rate of progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are unclear because of a lack of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Early life stage toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
Toxicity and histopathology of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in zebrafish (Danio rerio) early life stages was… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Functional analysis of grafts from living donors. Implications for the treatment of older recipients.
OBJECTIVE Living-related liver transplantation (LRLT) has established efficacy in children. In a larger recipient, LRLT requires… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Enhanced confinement and stability in DIII-D discharges with reversed magnetic shear.
Peaked pressure profiles and central ion temperatures up to 20 keV are observed in DIII-D {ital H}-mode discharges with a central… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Quantitative predictions of tokamak energy confinement from first‐principles simulations with kinetic effects
A first‐principles model of anomalous thermal transport based on numerical simulations is presented, with stringent comparisons… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Relationship of symptoms of prostatism to commonly used physiological and anatomical measures of the severity of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Highly Cited
1960
Highly Cited
1960
The Vacuolating Virus, S.V.40
Summary The newly discovered vacuolating virus, S.V.40, appears to be a common and essentially ubiquitous contaminant of rhesus… 
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