title: Miniature angled sub-selective guiding catheter aids in placing guidewire through difficult anatomy.
abstract: A method for fabricating and using a "mini" guiding catheter is presented. Use of the mini guiding catheter provides the back up support necessary to enable a guidewire to traverse difficult anatomy. Use of this device to cross a lesion in an acutely angulated circumflex artery is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, St. Joseph Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male