Modified technique for percutaneous transfemoral pulmonary angiography

Percutaneous transfemoral pulmonary arteriography was easily performed in 175 patients with a newly modified Grollman catheter developed to facilitate catheter passage through the tricuspid valve without a tip deflector. No significant catheter-related complications occurred. This simple technique a...

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Published inCardiovascular and interventional radiology Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 52
Main Authors Mills, C S, Van Aman, M E
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 1986
Subjects
Angiography - instrumentation
Angiography - methods
Catheterization - instrumentation
Catheterization - methods
Equipment Design
Humans
Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:Percutaneous transfemoral pulmonary arteriography was easily performed in 175 patients with a newly modified Grollman catheter developed to facilitate catheter passage through the tricuspid valve without a tip deflector. No significant catheter-related complications occurred. This simple technique allowed rapid and safe access to the pulmonary arteries.
ISSN:0174-1551
DOI:10.1007/BF02576987