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Wiki Right Femoral Arteriogram

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A 5 French sheath was placed into the patient's right femoral artery without difficulty. However, the patient has a very tortuous iliac artery and I was not able to advance the pigtail catheter. A femoral arteriogram was performed via patient's femoral artery sheath and it showed extreme turtuosity of the right iliac artery. At this point, the procedure was terminated. Another physician consulted to see if he could perform cardiac cath via radial artery approach.
 
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A 5 French sheath was placed into the patient's right femoral artery without difficulty. However, the patient has a very tortuous iliac artery and I was not able to advance the pigtail catheter. A femoral arteriogram was performed via patient's femoral artery sheath and it showed extreme turtuosity of the right iliac artery. At this point, the procedure was terminated. Another physician consulted to see if he could perform cardiac cath via radial artery approach.
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HTH,
Jim Pawloski, CIRCC
 
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