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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor-In-Chief: Priyantha Ranaweera [2];

Key Words and Synonyms: PCI guidewire, angioplasty guidewire, coronary guidewire, steerable wire, steerable guidewire

Overview

Historical Perspective

Desirable Performance Characteristics of Coronary Guidewires

Guidewire Complications

Steering the Guidewire

Guidewire Design Features

A guidewrie has three main components - a Core, a Tip and a Lubricous Coating.

Figure : Components of a guide wire (courtesy : Abbott vascular inc)

Guidewire core | Guidewire coatings | Guidewire tip

Guidewire core diameters | Guidewire tip diameters | Guidewire lengths

List of Guidewires by Manufacturer

Guidewires Classified Based Upon Support (Steerability and Trackability)

Soft Guidewires

Asahi soft guidewire | Hi-torque balance

Moderate Support Guidewires

Wisper wire | Wisdom | High torque balance middle weight

Extra Support Guidewires

Choice PT extra support | PT Graphix Intermediate | Stabilizer | Hi-Torque balance heavy weight

Super Extra Support Guidewires

Iron Man | Asahi Grand Slam

Crossing profile

Complex lesions and lesions in very tortuous vessels

Prowater | Choice PT | PT graphix intermediate

Guidewires Used to Cross Chronic Total Occlusions

Cross it Series | Miracle bros series | Shinobi | Confianza

Device Delivery Guidewires

Stabilizer | Wiggle wire

Peripheral Arterial Guidewires

Spartacore | V 18



TIPS IN CROSSING A LESION

1. Use a bend at the tip of the wire which is roughly the length of the diameter of the vessel proximal to the lesion. 2. If a wire repeatedly fails to cross a lesion, a. Adjust the guide, b. Use a balloon, transit, ultrafuse or twin pass catheter to direct the wire c. modify the bend at the tip. d. change the wire ( check the tip of the wire for evidence of wear and tear) 3. A wire in a balloon or a catheter ( ultrafuse, transit or exchelon) may help guide the wire through the lesion

SAFETY TIPS

1. Get used to a few wires to suit most situations 2. Always use the least traumatic wire for the lesion, >90% lesions could be crossed with standard “work horse” wires 3. Until familiar and comfortable, do not rush in to wires which are mote likely to perforate. 4. Avoid bending or buckling the wire 5. Never push a wire, let it find its “track” with 6. A ventricular premature beat could be a suggestion that the wire is off track, withdraw the wire immediately and redirect it. 7. Check every fluro and cine loop for evidence for perforation, embolization and dissection. If the picture quality is poor, then do not hesitate to increase the frame count/radiation to improve it. 8. If there is a suspicion of a perforation, then an emergent Echo should be performed on the table. ( link complications – perforation)


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