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ArticleJournal of cardiovascular translational research2022

Customizable Angioplasty Balloon-Forming Machine: Towards Precision Medicine in Coronary Bifurcation Lesion Interventions.

Kaitlyn M Elmer, Maxwell J Bean, Barry F Uretsky, Sam E Stephens, Hanna K Jensen, Morten O Jensen

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Article in Journal of cardiovascular translational research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Development and Characteristics of a Dual-Layered Vascular Phantom.Cardiovascular engineering and technology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kaitlyn M ElmerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Maxwell J BeanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Barry F UretskyDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Sam E StephensDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.
Hanna K JensenDepartments of Surgery and Radiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
Morten O JensenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA. mojensen@uark.edu.
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville · USUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · US

Funding

American Heart Association 18AIREA33960590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to customize the size and shape of angioplasty balloons may be useful in many clinical and research applications of coronary and endovascular intervention. Fully customizable balloons are outside the reach of most researchers due to their prohibitive cost. A small-scale balloon-forming machine was developed to produce fully customizable balloons. This study describes the creation of this customizable balloon-forming machine and identifies the key components of manufacturing a patient-specific balloon. Using a standard balloon-shaped mold created with a novel application of 3D stereolithography-printed resin, 104 PET balloon formation tests were conducted. A statistical study was conducted in which molding temperature and inflation air pressure were independent variables ranging from 100 to 130 °C and from 3.7 to 6.8 atm, respectively. The criteria for balloon-forming success were defined; pressure and temperature combined were found to have a significant impact on the success (p = 0.011), with 120 °C and 4.76 atm resulting in the highest chance for success based on a regression model.

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Angioplasty, BalloonPrecision MedicineHumansTreatment OutcomeBalloon angioplastyBalloon-forming machineBifurcation lesionCoronary artery diseaseCoronary interventionEndovascular interventionStereolithographyThermoplastic

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PMID35312960
OpenAlexW4220663479

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