title: Use of a deflectable tip catheter to facilitate complex interventions beyond insertion of coronary bypass grafts: three case reports.
abstract: We present three patients with angulated ostial lesions beyond the insertion point of coronary artery bypass grafts. Use of the Venture Catheter, a deflectable tip 3.5F wire control catheter, facilitated successful percutaneous coronary intervention after prolonged, unsuccessful attempts at conventional guidewire passage.
authors.affiliation: Institute Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Massy, France.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Routledge
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.forename: Alice
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohanessian
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Louvard
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morice
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography