title: Randomized evaluation of six French voda-type guiding catheters for left coronary artery balloon angioplasty.
abstract: In order to evaluate 6 French (6F) Voda-type guiding catheters for left coronary artery balloon angioplasty, we randomized the choice of the guiding catheter in 100 consecutive patients between a Voda (group 1, n = 50) and a Judkins or Amplatz curve (group 2) guiding catheter. Angioplasty success rate (98% for both), need for guiding catheter crossover exchange (2 in group 1 vs. 1 in group 2), fluoroscopy time, and volume of injected contrast were similar in both groups, but the operator's appreciation of good back-up support was better with the Voda-type guiding catheter (90% vs. 74%, P < 0.05). No complications attributed to the guiding catheter were noted in either group. Efficiency of the Voda-type guiding catheter appeared similar for both left anterior descending (n = 35, success rate 100%) and circumflex (n = 18, success rate 94%) coronary artery angioplasty. Voda-type guiding catheters are an efficient and safe approach to routine left coronary angioplasty. They appear to be as effective as a choice between a Judkins or an Amplatz configuration and could be of particular use when a double angioplasty of the left anterior descending and circumflex arteries is attempted during the same procedure.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Center, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Urban
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chatelain
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Metz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Camenzind
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brzostek
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rutishauser
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors