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Use of a deflectable tip catheter to facilitate complex interventions beyond insertion of coronary bypass grafts: Three case reports
Author(s) -
Routledge Helen,
Lefèvre Thierry,
Ohanessian Alice,
Louvard Yves,
Dumas Pierre,
Morice MarieClaude
Publication year - 2007
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.21230
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , percutaneous coronary intervention , percutaneous , surgery , cardiology , myocardial infarction
We present three patients with angulated ostial lesions beyond the insertion point of coronary artery bypass grafts. Use of the Venture Catheter, a deflectable tip 3.5F wire control catheter, facilitated successful percutaneous coronary intervention after prolonged, unsuccessful attempts at conventional guidewire passage. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.