title: Successful femoral vessel puncture facilitated by using a J-tipped hydrophilic guidewire in pediatric cardiac catheterization.
abstract: Vascular access is an important part of cardiac catheterization, but it is extremely difficult in some cases. We present two cases in which a J-tipped hydrophilic guidewire inserted from the contralateral vessel facilitated successful vascular access after initial access failure by conventional method using anatomical landmark.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, International Medical Center, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masutani
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Senzaki
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011677:Punctures