TY - JOUR
T1 - The usefulness of a tracking catheter in complex coronary angioplasty
AU - Tatineni, Satyanarayana
AU - Kern, Morton J.
AU - Aguirre, Frank
AU - Donohue, Thomas
AU - Bach, Richard
AU - Bell, Calvin
PY - 1992/9
Y1 - 1992/9
N2 - Complex lesion angioplasty, such as chronic total occlusions, coronary vessels with right angle take‐offs, tortuous vessels, and tortuous internal mammary artery or saphenous vein grafts is a continuing challenge. The complex problems have been successfully managed with novel guiding catheter shapes and ultralow profile balloons. However, on occasion steerable guidewire placement remains extremely difficult, despite significantly improved means of intracoronary manipulations.
AB - Complex lesion angioplasty, such as chronic total occlusions, coronary vessels with right angle take‐offs, tortuous vessels, and tortuous internal mammary artery or saphenous vein grafts is a continuing challenge. The complex problems have been successfully managed with novel guiding catheter shapes and ultralow profile balloons. However, on occasion steerable guidewire placement remains extremely difficult, despite significantly improved means of intracoronary manipulations.
KW - PTCA
KW - coronary artery disease
KW - tracking catheter
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0026787221&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/ccd.1810270116
DO - 10.1002/ccd.1810270116
M3 - Article
C2 - 1525815
AN - SCOPUS:0026787221
VL - 27
SP - 75
EP - 81
JO - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
JF - Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
SN - 0098-6569
IS - 1
ER -