Modified technique for percutaneous transfemoral pulmonary angiography.
Percutaneous transfemoral pulmonary arteriography was easily performed in 175 patients with a newly modified Grollman catheter developed to facilitate catheter passage through the tricuspid valve without a tip deflector. No significant catheter-related complications occurred. This simple technique allowed rapid and safe access to the pulmonary arteries.
D000792:Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*