Intravascular ultrasound-guided wiring for chronic total occlusion

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 Nov 15;70(6):856-9. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21219.

Abstract

This report describes a wiring technique for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion for which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper entry point angiographically.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Stenosis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*