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A Technique Utilizing a Steerable Hydrophilic Guidewire for Permanent Pacemaker Implantation
Author(s) -
STAMATO NICHOLAS J.,
O'TOOLE MICHAEL F.,
VALGUISTI ED,
ENGER ELAINE L.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1992.tb03134.x
Subject(s) - medicine , permanent pacemaker , cardiac pacemaker , coronary angiography , angiography , radiology , surgery , cardiology , myocardial infarction
We report the use of a steerable hydrophilic guidewire for permanent pacemaker implantation. This wire, previously used for peripheral vascular and cardiac angiography, is able to be steered and passed in many situations when a standard guidewire cannot be used. We report three cases where the standard F‐tipped guidewire could not be passed fay either the cephalic or subclavian route and the hydrophilic guidewire allowed for successful atraumatic placement of a sheath and pacemaker lead.