A new preshaped catheter for right ventriculography with minimal artificial tricuspid regurgitation
Nishiya, Y.; Imamura, E.; Inoue, Y.
Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Official Journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia 4(4): 214-216
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1341-1098 PMID: 9738124 Document Number: 485591
A new type of preshaped angiographic catheter for right ventriculography to be inserted from the femoral vein has been developed. Right ventriculography using this catheter was conducted in about five hundred clinical cases. The result has revealed that this catheter is very useful in clinical settings without causing catheter-induced tricuspid regurgitation (TR) allowing easier and safer right ventriculography as compared with conventional catheters.