The cardiologist again flushes a saline solution through the catheter. Note the characteristic curled tip of the catheter.


The cardiologist adjusts the fluids using the small handles for the individual manifold ports. The three ports of the manifold allow contrast medium administration, catheter flushing with heparinised saline, and monitoring of pressure.


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