DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY IN A DISTAL RIGHT CORONARY LESION USING A SHORTER STANDARD GUIDE CATHETER

Authors
AYRES M
Citation
M. Ayres, DIRECTIONAL CORONARY ATHERECTOMY IN A DISTAL RIGHT CORONARY LESION USING A SHORTER STANDARD GUIDE CATHETER, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 29(1), 1993, pp. 44-46
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
29
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
44 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1993)29:1<44:DCAIAD>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
An ulcerated and eccentric distal right coronary artery plaque was fou nd in a 56-year-old male with post-infarction angina. The 100 cm lengt h of present DVI (Devices for Vascular Intervention, Inc., Redwood Cit y, CA) atherectomy guiding catheters limits the ability to reach many complex distal stenoses with the 125 cm Simpson Atherocath. After shor tening the proximal portion of a standard DVI Judkins right guiding ca theter without changing the distal contour, successful directional cor onary atherectomy was performed.