FEMORAL ANGIOGRAPHY USING THE REVERSE SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE

We report our findings using the ''reverse shuffle'' technique of step ping table femoral angiography. This technique represents a simple mod ification of the conventional stepping table sequence entailing a reve rse table movement allowing acquisition of early and late films in the distal positions. It was developed in order to minimize the number of runs required in each examination. In a retrospective study 52/53 (98 %) of angiograms using the reverse shuffle technique required only a s ingle run compared with 30/51 (58%) using the conventional technique. We believe that the reverse shuffle should be used where possible when stepping table angiography is performed. Furthermore, the incorporati on of a reverse table movement may also be advantageous in angiography using automated digital subtraction angiography (DSA) stepping system s.