Leveraging a Universal Guide Catheter Heartrail ® III Guiding Catheter in a Complex PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) with Michael Martinelli, MD. Utilizing Ikari Y shape, Heartrail III Guiding Catheter is part of a family of radial guiding catheters that provides enhanced backup support in comparison to standard femoral guiding catheter shapes - resulting in simplified procedures. 1
1. Ikari Y, Nagaoka M, Kim JY, Morino Y, Tanabe T. The physics of guiding catheters for the left coronary artery in transfemoral and transradial interventions. J Invasive Cardiol. 2005 Dec; 17(12): 636-641.