TY - JOUR
T1 - Combining balloon-assisted tracking and sheathless guiding catheter
T2 - Unloosening the Gordian knot
AU - D'Amario, Domenico
AU - Paraggio, Lazzaro
AU - Porto, Italo
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2015/10
Y1 - 2015/10
N2 - In a patient with a small-calibre radial artery and a 360° radio-ulnar loop, we combined the balloon-assisted tracking (BAT) technique (used to track a catheter trough the loop) with the use of a 6.5. F. PB sheathless guiding catheter, in order to allow the extensive catheter manipulations needed for PCI despite the ongoing artery spasm.
AB - In a patient with a small-calibre radial artery and a 360° radio-ulnar loop, we combined the balloon-assisted tracking (BAT) technique (used to track a catheter trough the loop) with the use of a 6.5. F. PB sheathless guiding catheter, in order to allow the extensive catheter manipulations needed for PCI despite the ongoing artery spasm.
KW - 360°radio-ulnar loop
KW - Balloon-assisted tracking (BAT) technique
KW - Sheathless guiding catheter
KW - Trans-radial approach
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U2 - 10.1016/j.carrev.2015.04.009
DO - 10.1016/j.carrev.2015.04.009
M3 - Article
SN - 1553-8389
VL - 16
SP - 432
EP - 434
JO - Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
JF - Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
IS - 7
ER -