Transaxillary abdominal angiography. Use of the sidewinder-pigtail catheter.
A pigtail-shaped catheter with a side-winding configuration is used for transaxillary angiography. The difficulties caused by an elongated aortic arch are overcome easily.
D000005:Abdomen / Q000098:blood supply*; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D001027:Aortography; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans