“Combo” technique for the use of 7F guide catheter system during transradial

approach

Patel T1,2, Shah S1,2, Pancholy S3.
  • 1Apex Heart Institute, Ahmedabad, India.
  • 2Department of Cardiology, Sheth V.S. General Hospital and Smt. N.H.L. Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India.
  • 3Department of Cardiology, the Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, the Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Abstract

Even a regular lumen of radial artery may create difficulty in smooth negotiation and propagation of a 7F guide catheter while performing intervention through transradial approach. We describe successive five cases of a simple and innovative “Combo” technique, which helps relatively atraumatic tracking of a 7F guide catheter through the course of arm and chest vasculature for successful completion of procedure without significant damage and local pain.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Nov 15;86(6):1033-40. doi: 10.1002/ccd.26119. Epub 2015 Aug 10.