Use of a deflectable tip catheter to facilitate complex interventions beyond insertion of coronary bypass grafts: three case reports

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Nov 15;70(6):862-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21230.

Abstract

We present three patients with angulated ostial lesions beyond the insertion point of coronary artery bypass grafts. Use of the Venture Catheter, a deflectable tip 3.5F wire control catheter, facilitated successful percutaneous coronary intervention after prolonged, unsuccessful attempts at conventional guidewire passage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
  • Coronary Artery Bypass / methods*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Equipment Design
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography