Use of a microcatheter in a telescopic system to reach difficult targets in complex congenital heart disease

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 676-681

  Brown, Stephen C ^a   Boshoff, Derize E ^b   Eyskens, Benedicte ^b   Martens, Luc ^b   Gewilig, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Co axial system; Microcatheter; Percutaneous intervention; Progreat; Telescopic

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; CATHETER; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA; FLUOROSCOPY; GUIDE WIRE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DOUBLE OUTLET; HEART SINGLE VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROCATHETER; MICROCATHETER CO AXIAL TELESCOPIC SYSTEM; NEWBORN; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549114688     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21888     Document Type: Article

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