title: Use of the multifunction probing catheter as an adjunctive device for occluded vein graft intervention.
abstract: We describe the use of the multifunction probing catheter (Schneider, Bulach, Switzerland) as an adjunct to conventional techniques in the treatment of a recent vein graft occlusion by thrombus, in order to highlight a possible further use for this device.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory, Cardiology Department, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia. h.lowe@student.unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Juergens
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome