X-ray Chest PA view showing hydropneumopericardium with air-fluid level within the pericardial cavity. Pericardial thickness can be seen with air contrast.
Three port manifold is used for PCI. One port is connected to contrast dye bottle, second to saline flush and third port to the pressure monitoring system.
Guide wire introducers are of different types depending on the application. Simple tapered tip introducers as well as introducers with butterfly like flanges are also available.
Guide wires for catheters and sheaths can be straight tip or curved J tipped. Curved J tip reduces the chance of vascular dissection during introduction.
Though the multipurpose catheter is similar in appearance to the right coronary catheter, the distal curve is longer than that of right coronary catheter.
Pigtail catheter is a left heart angiographic catheter. Curved tip reduces chance of jet of dye injected using a pressure injector from impinging on wall and producing staining