Reprocessing of Catheters Used for Coronary Angiography and Changes in the Polymeric Structures
| Autor: | André Galembeck, Ivo Abraão Araújo da Silva, Flavia Myrna, Magno Felipe Holanda Barboza Inácio Teixeira, Glória Maria Vinhas, Dinaldo Cavalcanti de Oliveira |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Coronary angiography
medicine.medical_specialty Catheters Scanning electron microscope business.industry 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Coronary artery disease 03 medical and health sciences Catheter 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Cardiology Medicine Original Article Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Porosity Scanning electron microscopy Infrared spectroscopy Biomedical engineering |
| Zdroj: | Cardiology Research |
| ISSN: | 1923-2829 |
| Popis: | Background: Catheters are extensively used for coronary angiographies. These devices are long, thin, and flexible tubes of variable diameters that are made of the following polymer compounds: polyamide, polyurethane and Teflon. The objectives of this study are to identify changes that occur in the polymeric structure of the catheters, including an analysis of microcracks, fissures, cuts, perforations, roughness, and porosity in the internal and external layers after the first, second, third, and seventh reprocessing. Methods: Five catheters of the same brand and manufacturer were selected for each analysis, except for the new and seventh catheters, which had only one sample. The catheters that we analyzed included new catheters, catheter reprocessed once (1st), catheters reprocessed twice (2nd), catheters reprocessed three times (3rd), and catheters reprocessed up to seven times (7th). Samples were cut into small pieces and the scanning electron microscope and infrared spectroscopy were used for analysis. Results: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of reprocessed catheters revealed rougher surface with porosity, stainless steel wires, peeling of the inner layers, micropores, small holes, disordered cracks, cracks, grooves, microcracks, granular appearance, dots whitish, diffuse microcracks, desquamation, diffuse recesses, depressions, protrusions and deep crevices. Infrared spectroscopy suggested a possible change in the chemical structures of the polymer. There was a directly proportional relationship between the reprocessing number and the carbonyl ratio. Conclusions: The combined SEM and infrared analyses reveal that reprocessing damages the integrity of coronary angiography catheters. Therefore, the reprocessing of such catheters is not recommended. Cardiol Res. 2018;9(5):300-306 doi: https://doi.org/10.14740/cr775w |
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