ENTRAPMENT OF ANGIOGRAPHIC CATHETER IN THE RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY - A TRAP FOR THE NONEXPERIENCED OPERATOR

Authors
ANTONELLIS IP PATSILINAKOS SP KRANIDIS AJ PAMBOUKAS CA TAVERNARAKIS AG ROKAS SG
Citation
Ip. Antonellis et al., ENTRAPMENT OF ANGIOGRAPHIC CATHETER IN THE RIGHT CORONARY-ARTERY - A TRAP FOR THE NONEXPERIENCED OPERATOR, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 44(1), 1998, pp. 75-76
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
75 - 76
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1998)44:1<75:EOACIT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
A case of angiographic catheter entrapment in the right coronary arter y during coronary angiography in a patient with excessive tortuosity o f the right iliac artery is described. Alternative manipulations in or der to avoid this problem are presented. (C) 1998 Wiley-Liss, Inc.