- Gruentzig balloon catheter
- a flexible balloon catheter with a short guidewire fixed to the tip, used for dilation of arterial stenoses; the balloon is made of low-compliance plastic to reduce the risk of arterial rupture.
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Gruentzig balloon catheter
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