PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF A STIFF SHAFT GLIDE WIRE COMPARED WITH THE STANDARD STRAIGHT WIRE IN CROSSING SEVERELY STENOTIC AORTIC VALVES

Authors
SHARMA SK DANGAS G ISRAEL D COLLINS J FELTEN WR FATTAL PG COCKE TP AMBROSE JA CANNON L
Citation
Sk. Sharma et al., PROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF A STIFF SHAFT GLIDE WIRE COMPARED WITH THE STANDARD STRAIGHT WIRE IN CROSSING SEVERELY STENOTIC AORTIC VALVES, The American journal of cardiology, 80(1), 1997, pp. 103
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:1<103:PEOASS>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
In this prospective randomized study of the use of the Terumo glide wi re compared with the standard straight wire for crossing of severely s tenotic aortic valves, the glide wire was shown to significantly decre ase the fluoroscopy time of the procedure and to lower by 3.4 times th e need for crossover to the alternative technique.