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Utility of IVUS‐guided transaccess catheter in the treatment of long chronic total occlusion of the superficial femoral artery
Author(s) -
Casserly Ivan P.,
Sachar Ravish,
Bajzer Christopher,
Yadav Jay S.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.20051
Subject(s) - medicine , superficial femoral artery , catheter , lumen (anatomy) , occlusion , angioplasty , femoral artery , radiology , surgery
Failure to reenter the true lumen distal to an occlusion is the most frequent cause of failure of the technique of subintimal angioplasty. We report the utility of an IVUS‐guided TransAccess catheter in overcoming this problem in the treatment of two patients with long chronic total occlusion of the superficial femoral artery. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2004;62:237–243. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.