title: Development of multi-purpose catheter for visceral arteriography.
abstract: We developed a multi-purpose catheter for visceral arteriography. The outer diameter of the catheter is 5 Fr and the inner diameter admits a 3 Fr catheter. The catheter is made of soft nylon, with a shaft enforced with stainless wire mesh to improve torque transmission. The head is shaped into a three-dimensional configuration, enabling the superselective catheterization that is required for interventional technique as well as arteriography of first-order branches of the abdominal aorta, e.g. the celiac artery and superior mesenteric artery. Using the catheter, we performed 275 arteriographies in 100 cases (first-order-branch arteriography in 190; superselective technique in 85). Arteriography of first-order branches was successful in all cases. The superselective technique was successful without using any other catheters in 89% of cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yashiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kokubo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawauchi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iio
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009757:Nylons; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009757:Nylons; D013193:Stainless Steel