title: Use of the internal mammary artery guiding catheter for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of the shepherd's crook right coronary artery.
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of shepherd's crook right coronary arteries presents a difficult technical challenge. Presented here are two cases demonstrating the use of an internal mammary guiding catheter for PTCA of shepherd's crook right coronary arteries. The advantages of this guiding catheter, a short tip with an acute distal angle, are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kulick
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male