Achievement of Right Ventricular Pacing by Use of a Long Guiding Catheter in a Hemodialysis Patient Presenting Significant Tortuosity of Vasculature

Increased vascular calcification and tortuosity are rather common in end-stage renal failure patients who are on hemodialysis. It renders manipulation of catheters and performance of percutaneous transluminal interventions more difficult than expected. Such vascular alterations may be evident in lar...

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Main Authors: Polychronis Dilaveris, Skevos Sideris, Sofia Vaina, Konstantinos Gatzoulis, Christodoulos Stefanadis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Cardiology Research and Practice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/372026
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