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The VB‐1 catheter: An improved catheter for difficult‐to‐engage internal mammary artery grafts
Author(s) -
Warner John J.,
Gehrig Thomas R.,
Behar Victor S.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.10526
Subject(s) - medicine , mammary artery , catheter , subclavian artery , bypass grafting , artery , angiography , cardiac catheterization , surgery , cardiology , radiology
As patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting age, internal mammary artery grafts are more frequently encountered in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Angiography and interventions involving these grafts are often difficult, particularly in patients with tortuous subclavian anatomy and/or proximal internal mammary artery origins. We describe a new catheter shape, the Cordis Behar Internal Mammary, VB‐1, which allows selective intubations of both right and left internal mammary arteries that are not possible with conventional catheters. Cathet Cardiovasc Intervent 2003;59:361–365. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.