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Modified catheter shapes for engaging left coronary astium in unusually wide ascending aortas

✍ Scribed by Abhyankar, A. D.

Book ID: 101240929
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 83 KB
Volume: 39
Category: Article
ISSN: 0098-6569
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199611)39:3<327::aid-ccd27>3.0.co;2-a

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Letters to the Editor

Modified Catheter Shapes for Engaging Left Coronary Ostium in Unusually Wide Ascending Aortas TO THE EDITOR

Although "no points are earned for engaging a left coronary artery as the catheters are so well designed that they know where to go unless thwarted by an operator" [l], engaging the left coronary ostium is a difficult task in extremely enlarged ascending aortas (especially > 60 mm in diameter).