Practice Tips With Dr. Lichaa: Optimal Techniques for Using Multilumen Catheters

In his latest practice tip, Dr. Hady Lichaa describes multiple techniques for the optimal use of multilumen catheters to cross a main branch or side branch with a difficult angle or complex ostial lesion while maintaining wire access and excellent support. Dr. Lichaa notes these techniques are both operator- and experience-dependent, but his overview offers valuable insights that can be used by many in the interventional cardiology space.

Hady Lichaa, MD, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI, is an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and an interventional cardiologist who specializes in complex coronary interventions. He is a DocWire News content partner and contributes interventional-related content several times per month.