The invention is generally directed to an accessing system for a patient's coronary
sinus which includes a tubular support member with a distal extremity extending
into the right atrium of the patient's heart. A guide member is disposed within
a first lumen of the tubular support member and advanced out an angled distal tip,
through the patient's coronary sinus ostium and into the coronary sinus. A stabilizing
member, similar to a conventional intravascular guidewire, is disposed within a
second lumen of the tubular support member and extends into the right ventricle
of the patient and is seated in the apex thereof. To advance the guide member into
the CS ostium, the position of the distal extremity of the tubular support member
is adjusted within the atrial chamber by moving longitudinally along or rotating
about (or both) the stabilizing member and the guide member is advanced into the
CS ostium. These steps may be repeated in a predetermined pattern in order to pass
into the coronary sinus ostium.