“someone on the live thread said it looked like a PICC Line coronary catheter.”
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Maybe. What’s showing could be the catheter tail with cap. Maybe one of our doctors or nurses could weigh in.
PICC lines usually don’t run down that far, And the “pigtail” doesn’t look like a pigtail. Many drugs that have to be run through a PiCC line don’t do well in a peripheral access, as they can be toxic and caustic to the blood vessel, which is why take lines usually land in the subclavian area.
Not sure what it is but I don’t think it’s a vascular access.
However, many interventional cardiologist will use a Radial access to place stents or perform other types of intervention. They are safer and you don’t have to lay on the table after the procedure with sandbags waiting down the femoral artery.
TSOG, RN, BSN, DNP