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Amplatz coronary catheter — a preformed J shaped angiographic catheter used as an alternative to a Judkins coronary catheter in coronary arteriography … Medical dictionary
Judkins coronary catheter — a preformed J shaped angiographic catheter used in coronary arteriography to cannulate and deliver contrast material to one of the coronary arteries via a percutaneous femoral route. It is composed of polyurethane or polyethylene with a fine wire … Medical dictionary
pigtail catheter — an angiographic catheter ending in a tightly curled tip that resembles the tail of a pig … Medical dictionary
Angioplasty — Procedure with a balloon tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA). * * * Reconstitution or recanalization of a blood vessel; may involve balloon dilation,… … Medical dictionary
balloon — 1. An inflatable spherical or ovoid device used to retain tubes or catheters in, or provide support to, various body structures. 2. A distensible device used to stretch or occlude a viscus or blood vessel. 3. To distend a body cavi … Medical dictionary
embolotherapy — Occlusion of arteries by insertion of blood clots, Gelfoam, coils, balloons, etc., with an angiographic catheter; used for control of inoperable hemorrhage or preoperative management of highly vascular neoplasms. [G. embolos … Medical dictionary
Brivant — Ltd is an Irish medical device company, specialising in the design and manufacture of percutaneous medical instruments. Brivant supplies CE marked and FDA registered medical devices to the customer ready for clinical use. History Brivant Ltd. was … Wikipedia
angiography — angiographic /an jee euh graf ik/, adj. /an jee og reuh fee/, n. x ray examination of blood vessels or lymphatics following injection of a radiopaque substance. [1720 30; ANGIO + GRAPHY] * * * or arteriography X ray examination of arteries and… … Universalium
Intravascular ultrasound — (IVUS) is a medical imaging methodology using a specially designed catheter with a miniaturized ultrasound probe attached to the distal end of the catheter. The proximal end of the catheter is attached to computerized ultrasound equipment. It… … Wikipedia
Cerebral aneurysm — Classification and external resources Diagram of cerebral aneurysm. ICD 10 I … Wikipedia
