## Abstract An 8 French (F) double loop guiding (DLG) catheter was developed for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of the right coronary artery (RCA) and tested in 80 patients: primary use in 59 patients, and after failure of an 8 F right Judkins guiding (RJG) catheter in 21 pat
Entrapment of angiographic catheter in the right coronary artery: A trap for the nonexperienced operator
β Scribed by Antonellis, Ioannis P. ;Patsilinakos, Sotirios P. ;Kranidis, Athanasios J. ;Pamboukas, Constandinos A. ;Tavernarakis, Antonios G. ;Rokas, Stylianos G.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 86 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-6569
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β¦ Synopsis
A case of angiographic catheter entrapment in the right coronary artery during coronary angiography in a patient with excessive tortuosity of the right iliac artery is described. Alternative manipulations in order to avoid this problem are presented.
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
To determine the utility of 4.1 French (F) catheters in diagnosing coronary artery disease, 50 patients were randomized to 4.1F Multipurpose or Judkins catheters utilizing the percutaneous right brachial approach. The randomized 4.1 F tip shape catheter completed the procedure in 40% of the patients