Seldinger: catheter replacement of the needle in percutaneous arteriography

What changed

Introduced guidewire-through-needle followed by catheter-over-wire placement for arteriography.

Scientific scope

The record is Seldinger's sole-author 1953 paper and its procedural sequence. It does not absorb earlier catheterization, every later vascular-access device, coronary-specific techniques or modern complication evidence.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Seldinger's sole-author 1953 paper and its procedural sequence. It does not absorb earlier catheterization, every later vascular-access device, coronary-specific techniques or modern complication evidence.

Contributors

• Sven Ivar Seldinger · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Seldinger: catheter replacement of the needle in percutaneous arteriography

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