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Remote-Control Percutaneous Coronary Interventions

January 19, 2006   Categories: New articles  Posted by admin

This study was designed to assess the feasibility and safety of a Remote Navigation System (RNS, NaviCath, Haifa, Israel) in which the angioplasty guidewire, the balloon, and the stent are navigated via a computerized system.

Published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 47, Issue 2  , 17 January 2006, Pages 296-300

Abbreviations and Acronyms: LAD, left anterior descending coronary artery; LCX, left circumflex artery; MACE, major adverse coronary events; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA, right coronary artery; RNS, Remote Navigation System; TFT, total fluoroscopy time