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   ocr: Atherectomy Guidewire Deflated balloon device Cutter 1.In I coronary atherectomy procedures, a special cutting device with a deflated balloon onone side and an opening on the other is pushed over a wire down the coronary artery. Inflated balloon - - - - A - - 2.V When the device is within a coronary artery narrowing, the balloon is inflated, SO that part of the atherosclerotic plaque is "squeezed" into the opening of the device. 3. When the physician starts rotating the cutting blade, pieces of plaque are shaved into the device. 4.T The catheter is withdrawn, leaving a larger opening for blood ...