All published articles of this journal are available on ScienceDirect.

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Ultrasound-Guided Placement of a Renal Artery Stent Using an Intracardiac Probe for Transvascular Imaging

Marek Belohlavek1 , * Open Modal Panupong Jiamsripong1 Eileen M McMahon1 Theresa R Lombari1 Lilach O Lerman2 Authors Info & Affiliations
The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal • 3 Nov 2011 • RESEARCH ARTICLE • DOI: 10.2174/1874192401105010215

Abstract

In this set of images obtained during an experimental study using a porcine animal model, we introduce ultrasound guidance of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty and renal stenting. A state-of-the-art intracardiac ultrasound catheter is used here for transvascular scanning from within the lumen of the abdominal aorta, thus providing a field of view for navigation of a balloon catheter and a wire coil (“stent”) into each renal artery of a pig. This study is intended as a contribution to the growing field of minimally invasive interventions and their navigation by non-ionizing ultrasound imaging.

Keywords: Angioplasty, intracardiac catheter, renal, stent, transvascular, ultrasound guidance..
Fulltext HTML PDF
1800
1801
1802
1803
1804