Successful transluminal coronary angioplasty facilitated only by guidewire support

We describe a case where extreme tortuosity in the patient's iliac arterial system precluded the manipulation and therefore engagement of 8 Fr guiding catheters with our target vessel. After diagnostic coronary angiography was performed with 6 Fr catheters, successful balloon angioplasty was ne...

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Published inCatheterization and cardiovascular interventions Vol. 46; no. 4; pp. 467 - 469
Main Authors Chu, Tony N.T., Ong, Ling S.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.04.1999
Subjects
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - methods
Catheterization
Coronary Angiography
coronary angioplasty
guiding catheter support
Humans
Male
Stents
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Summary:We describe a case where extreme tortuosity in the patient's iliac arterial system precluded the manipulation and therefore engagement of 8 Fr guiding catheters with our target vessel. After diagnostic coronary angiography was performed with 6 Fr catheters, successful balloon angioplasty was negotiated over a stiff guidewire without guiding catheter support. Balloon dilatation of the ostial stenosis enabled subsequent engagement with 8 Fr guiding catheter and successful stent delivery. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 46:467–469, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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ISSN:1522-1946
1522-726X
DOI:10.1002/(SICI)1522-726X(199904)46:4<467::AID-CCD19>3.0.CO;2-8