Percutaneous angioscopy: improved technique

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 1993 Nov-Dec;16(6):374-6. doi: 10.1007/BF02603143.

Abstract

Ten angioscopies with a pressure infusion set resulted in similar visualization times and irrigation volumes as 42 angioscopies with a specially constructed roller pump. Diagnostic image quality, however, was obtained almost exclusively with the roller pump. Three examinations were nondiagnostic. Total viewing time per patient was approximately 1 min with the roller pump and 2 min with the pressure infusion system. In the 30 patients examined, angioscopy changed the initially chosen form of therapy in 5 patients.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Angioplasty, Balloon
  • Angioscopy / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / diagnosis
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases / therapy
  • Punctures