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The authors describe a catheter for multiartery studies in middle aged patients of relatively small stature. Experience in more than a thousand cases proved its special usefulness in selecting the left common carotid artery with tortuous aortic arch.
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Higa, T., Tanada, S., Hamanaka, D. et al. A femocerebral catheter for middle-aged patients of relatively small stature. Neuroradiology 26, 55–56 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328205
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