Retrograde Arterial Catheterization of the Left Ventricle in 388 Patients

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Abstract
DURING the past decade there has been increasing interest in direct catheterization of the left ventricle. Different surgical approaches have been advocated and have found a varying degree of popularity. Brockenbrough and his associates1 reported that the trans-septal technic permitted entry into the left ventricle in 95 per cent of 450 patients, but the safety of this method has been questioned by reports of occasional, serious complications.2 3 4 The left ventricle can also be entered directly through the anterior chest wall. A recent study suggested that this percutaneous method was quite useful and in aortic stenosis should be considered the method . . .