title: Antegrade selective catheterization of femoral vessels with a 4- or 5-F catheter and safety wire.
abstract: A method of antegrade catheterization of the superficial femoral artery or femoral bypass grafts with a 4- or 5-F catheter and safety wire is described. This method has advantages of smaller size and the use of torque wires when compared with previously described methods.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Reading Hospital and Medical Center, PA 19603.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sacks
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications