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Equipment-dependent mechanical distortion of a tortuous right coronary artery during PTCA

✍ Scribed by Schlaifer, Jay D. ;Hill, James A.

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 312 KB
Volume: 39
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-6569
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199611)39:3<281::aid-ccd15>3.0.co;2-i

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✦ Synopsis

Guidewires can distort a tortuous vessel, creating the illusion of an intraluminal defect that does not exist. This case report demonstrates the changing severity of defects in the same vessel seen with two different types of guidewires varying in stiffness.

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