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Adaptor device for shortening guide catheters to access distal lesions in coronary angioplasty

✍ Scribed by Chan, Rodrigo C. ;Rihal, Charanjit S. ;Menke, Kristina K. ;Winter, Steven J. ;Holmes, David R.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Weight: 296 KB
Volume: 30
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-6569
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.1810300316

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✦ Synopsis

One of the challenges In interventional cardiology Is accessing distal stenoses in both native coronary arteries and bypass grafts. This article reports the fabrication and use of an adaptor

device that can be connected to the proximal segment of a shortened guide catheter for easier and safer access to these distal lesions. D 1% wiiey-Liss, inc.

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