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Adaptor device for shortening guide catheters to access distal lesions in coronary angioplasty
R C Chan1, C S Rihal, K K Menke
1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|November 1, 1993
Abstract:
One of the challenges in interventional cardiology is accessing distal stenoses in both native coronary arteries and bypass grafts. This article reports the fabrication and use of an adaptor device that can be connected to the proximal segment of a shortened guide catheter for easier and safer access to these distal lesions.