title: New method to increase a backup support of a 6 French guiding coronary catheter.
abstract: A 6 Fr guiding catheter is commonly used in the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). However, one of the limitations of the 6 Fr guiding catheter is its weak backup support compared to a 7 or an 8 Fr guiding catheter. In this article, we present a new system for PCI called the five-in-six system. Between March 2003 and September 2003, this system was tried on eight chronic total occlusion cases. The advantage of the five-in-six system is that it increases backup support of a 6 Fr guiding catheter.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories, Heart Center of ShonanKamakura General Hospital, 1202-1 Yamazaki, Kamakura City 247-8533, Japan. saekot@wa2.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Saeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiono
authors.forename: Fumio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Domae
authors.forename: Shutaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: Takenari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Itoh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome