Fiorucci Beatrice, Tsilimparis Nikolaos, Rohlffs Fiona, Heidemann Franziska, Debus Eike Sebastian, Kölbel Tilo
1 Department of Vascular Medicine, German Aortic Center, Hamburg, Germany.
2 Unit of Vascular Surgery, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, University of Perugia, Italy.
J Endovasc Ther. 2017 Aug;24(4):539-541. doi: 10.1177/1526602817713305. Epub 2017 Jun 7.
To describe a quick, simple, and reliable technique to confirm successful catheterization of a branched thoracic endograft's inner branch.
Accurate cannulation of inner branches can be verified through insertion and mild retraction of a Universal Flush angiographic catheter, whose tip hooks the branch and slightly opens.
The use of an angiographic catheter with a curved tip is a safe and easy procedure that can be adopted to check the correct position inside the branch of an endograft designed for treatment of the aortic arch.
