A deflectable guiding catheter for real-time MRI-guided interventions

PURPOSE: To design a deflectable guiding catheter that omits long metallic components yet preserves mechanical properties to facilitate therapeutic interventional MRI procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The catheter shaft incorporated Kevlar braiding. 180° deflection was attained with a 5 cm nitinol...

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Main Authors: Bell, Jamie A., Saikus, Christina E., Ratnakaya, Kanishka, Wu, Vincent, Sonmez, Merdim, Faranesh, Anthony Z., Colyer, Jessica H., Lederman, Robert J., Kocaturk, Ozgur
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3292659/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22128071
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmri.23520
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