Most of the serious neurologic complications related to angiography are embolic in nature. Meticulous catheter flushing techniques have been suggested to reduce embolic complications [1] . An experimental catheter with a 20-cm-long transparent proximal section has been evaluated to determine its usefulness in monitoring catheter flushing procedures and inadvertent injections of emboli. Catheter...

We describe a simple method for left atrial pressure (LAP) monitoring from the right to the left atrium (LA) by a central line catheter. The anesthesiologist cannulates vena jugularis interna and inserts two central line catheters. One catheter is placed in the vena cava superior and the second single-lumen catheter is placed in the right atrium. The surgeon positions a one-line catheter from t...

over a seven year period from 1982 to 1989,3337 conduits were created in 3137 patients with end stage renal disease (esrd) as access for chronic dialysis. these included 2690 side-to-side arteriovenous fistulae (a vf), 168 end-to-side a vfs, 10 autogenous vein grafts, 51 homogenous frozen vein grafts, 109 polytetrafluoroethylene (ptfe) grafts, 209 emergency external arteriovenous shunts, three ...

A 68 year old woman was admitted for discitis and required subsequent antimicrobial therapy, necessitating placement of a 35 cm right-sided peripherally-inserted central catheter into the superior vena cava under ultrasound and fluoroscopic guidance. Eleven months after intial placement of the catheter, the patient was admitted for pneumonia. At that time, a posteroanterior dual energy chest ra...

PURPOSE Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) using a single-lumen device is associated with better cosmetic outcomes if the spacing between the applicator and skin is > 7 mm. However, there are no reports addressing the late toxicity and clinical outcomes in patients treated with single-entry multi-lumen/catheter applicators who had close skin spacing (7 mm or less). We undertook this ...

We encountered a case of an iatrogenic intra-stent coronary dissection at the guiding catheter engagement in 6-month follow-up angiography after a biolimuseluting stent implantation in the left main coronary artery (LMCA). The optical coherence tomography revealed peeling of the thin neointima inside the stent and thrombus formation. We made a reentry through the dissected lumen with the guide ...