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Mind Catheter Placement

Published on Tue Nov 05, 2024

Question: Once the patient was prepped and anesthetized, my cardiologist made a small incision in the groin. They inserted an introducer sheath into the femoral artery, followed by a guidewire. Under fluoroscopic guidance, my cardiologist inserted left and right catheters over the guidewire and sequentially engaged the ostia in the coronary arteries. They injected contrast material through the catheters and [...]
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