A new steerable cardiac catheter for crossing stenotic aortic valves

C Stefanadis; I Gavaliatsis; P Toutouzas

A new steerable cardiac catheter for crossing stenotic aortic valves

J Invasive Cardiol. 1991 Nov-Dec;3(6):262-4.

Authors

C Stefanadis¹, I Gavaliatsis, P Toutouzas

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University of Athens Medical School, Greece.

PMID: 10149108

Abstract

A new cardiac catheter for crossing severely stenotic aortic valves is described. This catheter is an externally steerable one and it was used successfully and uneventfully in 12 patients after a conventional catheter had failed to cross the aortic valve. Six of the patients underwent aortic valvuloplasty. The most advantageous feature of the new catheter is its ability to scan the aortic valve orifice under entirely external manipulation.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Valve Stenosis / therapy*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation*
Cardiac Catheterization / methods
Equipment Design
Female
Humans
Male