title: Innovative use of a guideliner catheter to assist in snare retrieval of an entrapped kinked guide catheter during transradial coronary intervention.
abstract: Rescue techniques that enable removal of severe intravascular catheter kinking are always worthwhile. We herein demonstrate the novel employment of a GuideLiner support catheter to assist in the removal of a kinked and entrapped guide catheter within the radial artery during coronary intervention. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
authors: Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida/Bayfront Health Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Florida.
authors: Ravi
authors: R
authors: Korabathina
authors: Department of Cardiology, Bayfront Health Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Florida.
authors: Jason C
authors: JC
authors: Levine
authors: Heart and Vascular Institute, New York University Medical Center, New York.
authors: John T
authors: JT
authors: Coppola
mesh_terms: D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D062666:Vascular Access Devices
keywords: PCI; angiography; brachial/radial/ulnar; catheterization; complications; coronary