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The cornerstone to a successful percutaneous coronary intervention involves the appropriate selection of a coronary guidewire with inherent properties designed to support and navigate coronary devices through various coronary anatomies. The basic construct of the coronary guidewire has the following functions:
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Varughese, C.J., Rajamanickam, A., Sharma, S.K. (2014). Guidewire Properties and Selection. In: Kini, A., Sharma, S., Narula, J. (eds) Practical Manual of Interventional Cardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6581-1_8
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