Catheters

Radial Procedures

The Advantages of Universal Guiding Catheters for the Transradial Approach

10/06/2019

Cath Lab Digest talks with Sandeep Nathan, MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI,
Associate Professor of Medicine, Medical Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program and Co-Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.

Cath Lab Digest talks with Sandeep Na...

With a universal catheter, the expectation is that you will cannulate multiple vessels — often all vessels — with a single catheter, which allows for efficiencies during the procedure. More importantly, use of a universal guiding catheter...

With a universal catheter, the...

10/06/2019

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Guide Catheter Extension: Not Just for Complex Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

11/04/2018

Nachiket J. Patel, MD, and Richard R. Heuser, MD

Phoenix Heart Center, Phoenix, Arizona

Nachiket J. Patel, MD, and Richard R....

We present a case that describes an additional application of the CrossLock catheter. In this case, we first access a superficial femoral artery (SFA) total occlusion via an antegrade approach using a standard sheath.

We present a case that describes...

11/04/2018

Cath Lab Digest

Case Report

Retrograde CTO Crossing Through Invisible Collaterals

07/31/2016

William Nicholson, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiology,
WellSpan York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida

William Nicholson, MD, Director of In...

The patient is a 58-year-old gentleman with multivessel coronary disease with a 40% ostial left main lesion, 50% proximal right coronary artery (RCA) lesion and a chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the mid left anterior descending coronary...

The patient is a 58-year-old...

07/31/2016

Cath Lab Digest

Meeting Update

News: VentureMed Group Announces FDA Approval of FLEX Scoring Catheter

07/09/2016

Flex is a cost-effective alternative to balloon-based scoring with a one-size-fits-all platform technology. The vessel-preparation device provides for effective dynamic linear scoring with a lower propensity for barotrauma or vessel wall...

Flex is a cost-effective...

07/09/2016

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Case Report

Specialty Microcatheters to Facilitate Antegrade Crossing for CTO Revascularization

05/08/2016

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Fl...

The current hybrid algorithm approach to CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) uses a combination of antegrade and retrograde techniques to facilitate wire crossing and procedural success. In the early stages of adopting this approach,...

The current hybrid algorithm...

05/08/2016

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Transradial Series

Bypass Graft Angiography From a Transradial Approach

04/04/2016

Monodeep Biswas, MD, Nishith Vayada, MD, Samir B. Pancholy, MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education
Scranton, Pennsylvania

This case is part of a series of transradial-focused reports directed by section editor Dr. Samir Pancholy. This case series is supported by an educational grant from Medtronic.

Monodeep Biswas, MD, Nishith Vayada, ...

For bypass graft angiography, left radial artery (LRA) access has been recommended as a default access site, as the majority of these patients have an in situ left internal mammary artery (IMA) bypass graft.

For bypass graft angiography,...

04/04/2016

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Case Report

Treatment of a LAD CTO with the New CenterCross “Anchoring Catheter”

03/03/2016

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Eric R. Guerra, MD, Hamilton Medical Center, Dalton, Georgia

Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Fl...

A 72-year-old female had an abnormal nuclear myocardial perfusion stress test and underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization, which revealed a mid left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) chronic total occlusion (CTO) secondary to...

A 72-year-old female had an...

03/03/2016

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