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Coronary guidewire circumcision during use of a gopher support catheter: Potential adverse interaction with polymer‐jacketed wire design
Author(s) -
Armstrong Ehrin J.,
Shunk Kendrick A.
Publication year - 2010
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.22477
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , stripping (fiber) , surgery , biomedical engineering , composite material , materials science
Support catheters with a threaded, distal tip may be useful for crossing recalcitrant coronary lesions. The interaction between the Gopher support catheter and polymer‐coated coronary guidewires may, however, result in circumferential stripping of polymer from the guidewire, with resulting wire damage or fracture. We report two cases of polymer‐coated guidewire damage with use of a Gopher support catheter, suggesting that these two devices should not be used together. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.