Successful use of the right brachial approach to perform directional atherectomy of the left coronary artery

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1993:Suppl 1:45-7.

Abstract

Although directional coronary atherectomy permits the treatment of complex coronary lesions, its use is limited in patients with peripheral vascular disease by the need to use a large guiding catheter. We describe a patient in whom the right brachial approach was successfully used to perform atherectomy of a semi-protected left main coronary stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atherectomy, Coronary* / instrumentation
  • Brachial Artery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Artery Disease / therapy*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / therapy*
  • Recurrence