The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Peripheral interventions
Particulates from hydrophilic-coated guiding sheaths embolise to the brain
EuroIntervention 2016;11:1435-1441 published online ahead of print March 2015. DOI: 10.4244/EIJY15M03_02
1. CBSET, Inc., Lexington, MA, USA; 2. Kopia Consulting, Hillsborough, NJ, USA; 3. Institute for Medical and Engineering Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harva
Aims: We sought to evaluate the incidence of embolic material in porcine brains following vascular interventions using hydrophilic-coated sheaths.
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