All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Guide wire torquer is used to maneuver the guidewire tip so as to enter the required vessel during angioplasty.

Arterial puncture needle is used to puncture the artery for introducing a guide wire needed for the introduction of an arterial sheath for catheterisation.

Valved arterial sheath with side arm and stop cock is used for introduction of catheters serially into major arteries like the femoral artery.

Amplatz right coronary catheter can be used to cannulate right coronary arteries with abnormal, usually, an inferior origin.

Ring grip syringe with rotating male luer lock is used for hand injection of dye for coronary angiography.

Heparin induced thrombocytopenia type I is self limited. HIT 2 or HITTS (Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis Syndrome) is a more dangerous form.

X-ray Chest PA view showing hydropneumopericardium with air-fluid level within the pericardial cavity. Pericardial thickness can be seen with air contrast.

Judkins right guide catheter is used for right coronary angioplasty. The tip of a guide catheter does not taper to 5F like a diagnostic catheter.

Three port manifold is used for PCI. One port is connected to contrast dye bottle, second to saline flush and third port to the pressure monitoring system.

Guide wire introducers are of different types depending on the application. Simple tapered tip introducers as well as introducers with butterfly like flanges are also available.