title: Use of guideliner catheter for anomalous right coronary artery angiography and intervention.
abstract: We report a case of the use of the GuideLiner catheter during transfemoral diagnostic angiography and intervention of an anomalous right coronary artery (RCA) after unsuccessful attempts to cannulate the RCA with other catheters. The GuideLiner catheter was successfully employed to coaxially engage the ostium of the RCA. Thrombotic disease appeared to be responsible for non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. The GuideLiner catheter allowed visualization of the lesions and delivery of the stent in an anomalous RCA which could not have been otherwise coaxially engaged.
authors.affiliation: Northwest Ohio Cardiology Consultants, ProMedica Heart and Vascular Institute, The Toledo Hospital, ProMedica Health System, 2940 N. McCord Road, Toledo, OH 43615 USA. Kasi_ramanathan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: P Kasi
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Redfern
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy*