The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Complications and failure modes of coronary microcatheters: Insights from the manufacturer and user facility device experience (MAUDE) database
DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-20-00572
Michael Megaly1, Ramy Sedhom2; Ashish Pershad1; Evangelia Vemmou3; Ilias Nikolakopoulos4; Judit Karacsonyi3; Marwan Saad4; Amgad Mentias5; Santiago Garcia3; Dimitri Karmpaliotis6; Mohaned Egred7; M Nicholas Burke3; Emmanouil S. Brilakis3;
1. Banner University Medical Center/ University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ 2. Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 3. Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN 4. The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, USA 5. Roy and Lucille J. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA 6. Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York 7. Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK
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Coronary microcatheters (MCs) are often used in complex and chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) [1, 2] to facilitate guidewire manipulation and exchanges, and enhance their penetration force. Coronary MCs can be classified as high profile, low profile, angulated, dual lumen, and plaque-modifying [1]. Despite extensive clinical use, the failure modes of these devices have not been systematically studied. We queried the “Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience” (MAUDE) database for reports on the most commonly used coronary MCs to better understand their failure modes.