Coronary sinus cannulation via the femoral vein.
Cannulation of the coronary sinus has been usually accomplished by advancing a catheter through the brachial vein, subclavian vein, or internal jugular vein by venous cutdown or a sheath method. We here describe a technique for cannulation into the coronary sinus through the femoral vein by using a modified catheter. This catheter was easily inserted into the coronary sinus in all of 40 consecutive patients in whom it was attempted.
Hamaoka
K
K
Children's Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan.
Itoi
T
T
Nakagawa
M
M
Kamiya
Y
Y
Sawada
T
T
D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans