Troubleshooting transcaval access: Honoring our commitments
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DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30163
Abstract: To the Editor, Mano and colleagues deserve credit for sharing their complication of transcaval transcatheter valve implantation (TAVI) access. Their report highlights several important lessons. During their case, a transcaval aortic 0.014′′ guidewire was introduced… read more here.
Keywords: transcaval tavi; guidewire; microcatheter; traversal ... See more keywords
Image intensifier distortion influences a surgeon’s ability to aim guidewires during orthopaedic procedures
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DOI: 10.1007/s00256-019-03171-7
Abstract: ObjectiveAccurate insertion of a guidewire under image intensifier guidance is a fundamental skill required by orthopaedic surgeons. This study investigated how image intensifier distortion, which is composed of pin-cushion and sigmoidal components, changed the apparent… read more here.
Keywords: image; image intensifier; intensifier distortion; distortion ... See more keywords
Longitudinal Cracking with a Guidewire Tail for Extremely Calcified Lesions in Infrainguinal Arteries: PICKING Technique
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DOI: 10.1007/s00270-017-1780-4
Abstract: PurposeTo report a percutaneous intravascular cracking with a guidewire tail (PICKING) technique to longitudinally crack the underlying calcification and facilitate the balloon catheter passage for the treatment of severely calcified chronic occlusions in the infrainguinal… read more here.
Keywords: picking technique; cracking guidewire; guidewire tail; guidewire ... See more keywords
Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of Transpancreatic Sphincterotomy, Double-Guidewire, and Precut Techniques: Which One Makes the Cut?
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DOI: 10.1007/s10620-019-05732-1
Abstract: Difficult bile duct cannulation, a commonly encountered and exasperating situation for endoscopists, is often due to obstruction of the bile duct (BD) by an ampullary septum, separating the ducts, which results in repeated entry of… read more here.
Keywords: cannulation; success; transpancreatic sphincterotomy; guidewire ... See more keywords
Use of a radiofrequency guidewire to simplify workflow for left atrium access: a case series
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DOI: 10.1007/s10840-019-00615-x
Abstract: Transseptal puncture (TSP) is widely used in catheter-based cardiac procedures to gain left atrial access, but its workflow has remained largely unchanged in the last 50 years. This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of… read more here.
Keywords: radiofrequency; left atrium; workflow; access ... See more keywords
A simulator with an elastic guidewire and vascular system for minimally invasive vascular surgery
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DOI: 10.1007/s11432-017-9476-y
Abstract: Simulators play an important role in minimally invasive vascular surgery training. A challenging task for the simulator is to model an elastic guidewire and an elastic vascular system, both of which are important aspects for… read more here.
Keywords: vascular; system; model; vascular surgery ... See more keywords
Blood flow-induced physically based guidewire simulation for vascular intervention training
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DOI: 10.1007/s11548-017-1583-8
Abstract: PurposeA realistic guidewire behavior simulation is a vital component of a virtual vascular intervention system. Such systems are a safe, low-cost means of establishing a training environment to help inexperienced surgeons develop their intervention skills.… read more here.
Keywords: blood flow; model; blood; simulation ... See more keywords
Feasibility study on magnetically steerable guidewire device for percutaneous coronary intervention
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DOI: 10.1007/s12555-015-0269-7
Abstract: In this paper, we proposed a magnetically steerable guidewire device composed of two parts: steering part and feeding part. The steering part consists of a magnet attached to the end of a commercial guidewire and… read more here.
Keywords: part; guidewire device; magnetically steerable; guidewire ... See more keywords
The PICKING technique for self-expanding nitinol stent expansion of an extremely calcified lesion in the femoropopliteal artery: the tail makes the difference
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DOI: 10.1007/s12928-018-0513-1
Abstract: Percutaneous intravascular cracking with a guidewire tail (PICKING) is a novel technique that was initially reported to facilitate balloon catheter passage for the treatment of severely calcified lesions in the infrainguinal artery [1]. This technique… read more here.
Keywords: technique; self expanding; picking technique; balloon ... See more keywords
RotaWire fracturing due to spinning under the maximum rotational speed
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DOI: 10.1007/s12928-018-0558-1
Abstract: Rotational atherectomy (RA) facilitates coronary intervention in complex anatomies; however, its usage is associated with a number of potential complications. These include slow-flow/no-reflow phenomenon, coronary dissection, vessel perforation, burr entrapment and fracture of guidewire. Among… read more here.
Keywords: rotational speed; maximum rotational; wire; speed ... See more keywords
Randomized comparison of three guidewire insertion depths on incidence of arrhythmia during central venous catheterization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2017.01.016
Abstract: Objective: Guidewire‐induced arrhythmias that occur during central venous catheterization can progress to malignant arrhythmias in rare cases. This study compared the incidence of arrhythmia during central venous catheterization using three different depths of guidewire insertion… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; group; central venous; venous catheterization ... See more keywords