A dual-purpose angioplasty-drug infusion catheter for the treatment of intragraft thrombus

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1994 Jun;32(2):193-5. doi: 10.1002/ccd.1810320218.

Abstract

An investigational angioplasty-drug infusion catheter (Transport, CardioVascular Dynamics, Irvine, CA) was used to treat a saphenous vein graft stenosis associated with a thrombus. The catheter was successfully used both to infuse urokinase at the site of angioplasty and to perform effective angioplasty, demonstrating the feasibility and utility of a dual-purpose angioplasty catheter capable of angioplasty and/or local drug infusion with the same catheter.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Coronary Thrombosis / surgery
  • Coronary Thrombosis / therapy*
  • Drug Delivery Systems*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / administration & dosage*

Substances

  • Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator