title: The use of the GuideLiner™ catheter as a child-in-mother  technique: an initial single-center experience.
abstract: Recently, a new interventional guide catheter, the GuideLiner™ catheter, was introduced into the market as a strategy for tackling the problem of stent delivery failure. We implemented this simplified child-in-mother technique in a series of 16 challenging coronary interventions. Balloon and stent delivery was successfully achieved in all cases and the device was both simple to deploy and remove. Apart from two cases of vessel dissection that were managed successfully with stent implantation, no other serious procedural complications were reported.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Thessaloniki Heart Institute, St Luke's Hospital, Evrivias 2, 54250 Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Petros S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Dardas
authors.forename: Nikos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mezilis
authors.forename: Vlasis
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ninios
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tsikaderis
authors.forename: Efstratios K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Theofilogiannakos
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D057785:Catheters; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome