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Steerable Microcatheter to Negotiate a Hairpin Angle During Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Sotirios C. Kotoulas, MD
Dimitrios Iliopoulos, MD
Paschalis Latsios, MD
Aikaterini Peteinaki, MD
Efthymia Koutsogiannaki, MD
Andreas S. Triantafyllis, MD, PhD
08/15/2024

Video 1. Coronary angiography showing the hairpin left circumflex artery in anterior-posterior caudal projection.

Video 2. Steerable microcatheter in the osmium of the left circumflex artery.

Video 3. Successful wiring of the left circumflex artery with the backup of the Venture steerable microcatheter (Teleflex).

Video 4. Successful wiring of the left circumflex artery with the backup of the Venture steerable microcatheter (Teleflex).

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