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Original Article

Effects of re-use on the physical characteristics of angiographic catheters

P. Bentolila Hopital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Institut de Génie Biomédical, Ecole Polytechnique et Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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R. Jacob Hopital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Institut de Génie Biomédical, Ecole Polytechnique et Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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F. Roberge Hopital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Institut de Génie Biomédical, Ecole Polytechnique et Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
Pages 254-259 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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I. Marshall & R. J. Sellar. (1995) Performance of angiographic catheters. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology 19:1, pages 17-21.
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Francesco Tessarolo, Iole Caola, Giandomenico Nollo, Renzo Antolini, Giovanni M. Guarrera & Patrizio Caciagli. (2006) Efficiency in endotoxin removal by a reprocessing protocol for electrophysiology catheters based on hydrogen peroxide plasma sterilization. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 209:6, pages 557-565.
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Mariangela Fedel, Francesco Tessarolo, Paolo Ferrari, Christian Lösche, Nikou Ghassemieh, Giovanni Maria Guarrera & Giandomenico Nollo. (2006) Functional properties and performance of new and reprocessed coronary angioplasty balloon catheters. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part B: Applied Biomaterials 78B:2, pages 364-372.
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Rosemary E. Duffy, Braulio Couto, Jussara M. Pessoa, Carlos Starling, Silma Pinheiro, Michele L. Pearson, Matthew J. Arduino, Barbara J. Mattson & William R. Jarvis. (2015) Improving Water Quality Can Reduce Pyrogenic Reactions Associated With Reuse of Cardiac Catheters. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 24:12, pages 955-960.
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Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna & Carlos Augusto M. Ferraz. (2015) Cleaning of Blood-Contaminated Reprocessed Angiographic Catheters and Spinal Needles. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 21:8, pages 499-504.
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Jason P. Shaw, Mark J. Eisenberg, Arik Azoulay & Ngoc Nguyen. (1999) Reuse of catheters for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: Effects on procedure time and clinical outcomes. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions 48:1, pages 54-60.
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Thereza Christina Vessoni Penna, Carlos Augusto M. Ferraz & Maria Águida Cassola. (2015) The Presterilization Microbial Load on Used Medical Devices and the Effectiveness of Hydrogen Peroxide Gas Plasma Against Bacillus Subtilis Spores . Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 20:7, pages 465-472.
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CARINA BLOMSTRÖM‐LUNDQVIST. (2006) The Safety of Reusing Ablation Catheters with Temperature Control and the Need for a Validation Protocol and Guidelines for Reprocessing. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology 21:12, pages 2563-2570.
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Paul T. Vaitkus. (1997) Patient acceptance of reused angioplasty equipment. American Heart Journal 134:1, pages 127-130.
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Elizabeth Ann Bryce, Judith H. Mack, Carmin Cantafio & Sandy Neumann. (1997) Evaluation of the Cathetron system for recycling angioplasty catheters. Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 41:2, pages 132-135.
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Mingjing Yang, Xiaoyan Deng, Ze Zhang, Maryse Mien, Fabrice Pelletier, Denis Desaulniers, Robert Cossette, Francisco-Javier Teijeira, Gaetan Laroche & Robert Guidoin. (2008) Are Intraaortic Balloons Suitable for Reuse? A Survey Study of 112 Used Intraaortic Balloons. Artificial Organs 21:2, pages 121-130.
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Koon-Hou Mak, Mark J. Eisenberg, David S. Eccleston, Kimberly J. Brown, Stephen G. Ellis & Eric J. Topol. (1996) Cost-efficacy modeling of catheter reuse for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 28:1, pages 106-111.
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Koon-Hou Mak, Mark J. Eisenberg, David S. Eccleston, J.Fredrick Cornhill & Eric J. Topol. (1996) Reuse of coronary angioplasty equipment: Technical and clinical issues. American Heart Journal 131:3, pages 624-630.
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Boaz Avitall, Miqdad Khan, David Krum, Mohammad Jazayeri & John Hare. (1993) Repeated use of ablation catheters: A prospective study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 22:5, pages 1367-1372.
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