Prospective evaluation of a stiff shaft glide wire compared with the standard straight wire in crossing severely stenotic aortic valves

S K Sharma; G Dangas; D Israel; J Collins; W R Felten; P G Fattal; T P Cocke; J A Ambrose; L Cannon

Prospective evaluation of a stiff shaft glide wire compared with the standard straight wire in crossing severely stenotic aortic valves

Am J Cardiol. 1997 Jul 1;80(1):103-5.

Authors

S K Sharma¹, G Dangas, D Israel, J Collins, W R Felten, P G Fattal, T P Cocke, J A Ambrose, L Cannon

Affiliation

¹ Cardiovascular Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA.

PMID: 9205035

Abstract

In this prospective randomized study of the use of the Terumo glide wire compared with the standard straight wire for crossing of severely stenotic aortic valves, the glide wire was shown to significantly decrease the fluoroscopy time of the procedure and to lower by 3.4 times the need for crossover to the alternative technique.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Comparative Study
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Aged
Alloys
Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery*
Biocompatible Materials
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Elasticity
Equipment Design
Female
Fluoroscopy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Nickel
Prospective Studies
Titanium

Substances

Alloys
Biocompatible Materials
titanium nickelide
Nickel
Titanium