We present a case of severe proximal circumflex artery tortuosity with two 90" bends and then a tight stenosis in the mid part of first obtuse marginal branch. Conventional method used to cross the lesion by wire failed. However, a commercially available new wire with ability to change the degree of
Catheterization of coronary arteries in the presence of tortuous iliac arteries
โ Scribed by Antonellis, Ioannis P. ;Patsilinakos, Sotirios P.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 17 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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