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- Title
Left Internal Mammary Angiography Complicated by Subclavian Tortuousity: A Technical Note.
- Authors
Skowasch, Dirk; Lüderitz, Berndt; Bauriedel, Gerhard
- Abstract
Current elective bypass procedures frequently involve placement of a left internal mammary artery (LIMA). Accordingly, there is an increased need to prove either preoperative adequacy or postoperative patency of this graft. We report a patient with a tortuous left subclavian artery inaccessible for any standard catheterization technique for LIMA opacification. The problem was overcome by a CHOICE PT guidewire whose trackability permitted the passage through the subclavian kinking and, subsequently, to coaxially advance a multipurpose catheter to the entrance of the LIMA. The described setting may be helpful for diagnostic LIMA imaging in selected cases. (J Interven Cardiol 2005;18:309–311)
- Subjects
INTERNAL thoracic artery; CATHETERIZATION; CORONARY restenosis; MEDICAL imaging systems; ANGIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2005, Vol 18, Issue 4, p309
- ISSN
0896-4327
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8183.2005.00046.x