Distal stent delivery with guideliner catheter: First in man experience |
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| Authors: | Mamas A Mamas PhD BM BCh Farzin Fath‐Ordoubadi MD BM BChir Douglas G Fraser MD BM BChir |
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| Institution: | 1. Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom;2. Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | Failure to deliver stents is one of the commonest causes of procedural failure in contemporary PCI practice. We describe successful use of the Guideliner Catheter, the first purpose designed FDA and CE marked device delivery catheter in 13 complex cases in native coronary vessels and bypass grafts performed via the radial route to enable distal stent delivery following failure of conventional techniques. We discuss how the Guideliner catheter may be used to facilitate difficult radial cases. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | TRAD transradial cath PCI percutaneous coronary intervention ANGO angiography coronary |
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