Another way to skin a cath




We enjoyed the discussion of treatment of entrapped devices after PCI (I. Alomari, et al. , Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine 15(2014)182-185) , There is a wide discussion in both the case report as well as literature review about wire retention. Working off of Hartzler’s original report in 1987, we developed a small device for removal of entrapped small devices such as guidewires as described in this case( Fig. 1 ). Dr. Hartzler used two wires to capture embolized devices; we simply placed a wire in a wire.


Nov 14, 2017 | Posted by in CARDIOLOGY | Comments Off on Another way to skin a cath

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