Abstract
Optimal guide support is essential for successful interventions. An ideal guide catheter has an atraumatic soft tip, excellent torque control, adequate support, and low surface frictional resistance that allows devices to track with ease.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Practical Manual of Interventional Cardiology |
| Subtitle of host publication | Second Edition |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Pages | 81-91 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030685386 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030685379 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- Catheter curve
- Catheter support
- French size
- Guide catheter
- Guide length
- Guide selection
- Ostial origin
- Types of guides