What Is an Angiocatheter? Angiocaths are defined as thin hollow tubes that allow the introduction of contrast dyes into various areas of the body for diagnostic purposes. The Mayo Clinic notes that angiographic
The skin at the selected site of puncture was aseptically prepared and an 18G core needle was used to puncture the AVC under CT guidance by slowly advancing the needle in 2-3 small steps at a time until about 0.5 cm of the needle tip was observed entering the AVC [Figure 2]. Experimen...