All catheters have a distal port, typically yellow, that connects to the catheter tip. Most catheters also have a proximal port, typically blue, that connects to a lumen 30 cm from the tip.

These devices, although aimed at reducing the thrombus burden washed downstream, fall into three categories: protection (distal or proximal), thrombectomy devices and mesh-covered stent. Although ...

Dr. Al-Azizi is leading the DIRPA study. It’s the first to compare conventional proximal radial artery access to distal radial artery access.

In the second experiment the pH electrode was attached to the distal tip of the catheters and the tubes positioned so that both the distal tip and the pH electrode were recording 5 cm. proximal to ...