Understanding the Musical Dance of the Engaged Coronary Catheter: Insights From Advanced Myocardial Mechanics
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Khawaja Afzal, Ammar; Tanvir, Bajwa; Suhail Q, Allaqaband; Anthony, DeFranco
- Source
- The Journal of invasive cardiology. 30(9)
- Subject
- Reference Values
Humans
Reproducibility of Results
Female
Middle Aged
Coronary Vessels
Myocardial Contraction
Cardiac Catheters
Echocardiography, Doppler
- Language
- ISSN
- 1557-2501
A case of a 56-year-old woman with normal coronaries displays the side-to-side motion of the unengaged catheter followed by the rhythmic up-and-down, piston-like movements of the catheter tip after engagement.