| Literature DB >> 7465038 |
Z L Deeb, H S Ahn, A E Rosenbaum.
Abstract
Techniques for uncoiling knots formed in catheters during angiography have been the subject of several previous reports. A new technique for catheter unknotting is presented, based on the use of graded flexibility guidewires. The application of this graded taper method appears particularly pertinent to uncoiling softer, narrow-caliber, adversely looped catheters. Moreover, the mechanisms of knot uncoiling in the previous reports are reassessed and their imprecisions corrected.Mesh:
Year: 1980 PMID: 7465038 DOI: 10.1007/bf00336683
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroradiology ISSN: 0028-3940 Impact factor: 2.804