Coaxial double catheter technique followed by buddy wire placement for ostial lesion of right coronary artery with anterior take-off

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Dec 1;70(7):979-82. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21335.

Abstract

This report describes a technique for percutaneous coronary intervention in an ostial lesion with difficult take-off utilising an 8F guiding catheter and a 5F 125 cm-long diagnostic catheter followed by buddy wire placement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
  • Cardiac Catheterization* / instrumentation
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Stents
  • Treatment Outcome