Tools of the Trade: Guide Extensions, Microcatheters, Specialty Wires, Buddy Wires, and Anchors
Presenter
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FSCAI, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD, PhD, FSCAI, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN
Learning Objectives:
- Utilize the appropriate tool for the appropriate circumstances.
- Guide extension: safe use over a balloon, limiting injections through, compatability with devices.
- Select microcatheters, the types, how to exchange (e.g. de-air after trap), spinning to advance (which not to spin), and select Buddy wires/anchors/specialty wires.
Keywords: Complex and High-risk Coronary Intervention (CHIP) and Coronary