Coronary Catheter Kinking

Coronary catheters can kink if they are overtorqued in tortuous vessels. We go over the basic maneuvers to deal with a kinked catheter, and also discuss more advanced techniques including snaring, balloon trapping, and retrieval through a large bore sheath.

Chao-Wei Hwang, M.D., Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Cardiac Cath Lab, Frederick Health Hospital