| Issue |
J Extra Corpor Technol
Volume 18, Number 3, September 1986
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| Page(s) | 173 - 174 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ject/1986183173 | |
| Published online | 29 August 2023 | |
Original Article
A New Left Atrial Catheter
Birmingham, AL
* Direct communications to: C.L. Athanasuleas, M.D., Norwood Clinic and, Carraway Methodist Medical Center, P.O. Box C-230, Birmingham, AL 35283
A new catheter was designed which permits easy insertion of a polyurethane catheter into the left atrium utilizing a “breakaway” needle system. The advantages of such a system include a needle size hole into the pulmonary vein and the security of a luer lock connector at the distal catheter end.
Key words: left atrial catheter / pressure measurement
© 1986 AMSECT
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