Modification of the Phillips Cradle for visualization of the left main coronary artery and proximal left anterior descending branch.
The authors describe a simple, inexpensive modification of the Philips cradle to give improved visualization of the left main coronary artery, the proximal anterior descending artery (LAD), and the origins of proximal lateral ventricular branches of the LAD in the left and right anterior oblique hemiaxial projections.
D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography