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A “Grapple Hook” technique using a deflectable tip catheter to facilitate complex proximal circumflex interventions
Author(s) -
McNulty Edward,
Cohen Joshua,
Chou Tony,
Shunk Kendrick
Publication year - 2006
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.20547
Subject(s) - medicine , catheter , circumflex , occlusion , conventional pci , percutaneous , percutaneous coronary intervention , surgery , coronary occlusion , hook , cardiology , myocardial infarction , artery , dentistry
We present two patients with angulated, proximal left circumflex lesions, one a chronic total occlusion and one an acute subtotal occlusion. In both cases, use of the deflectable tip Venture Catheter (Velocimed, Minneapolis, MN) facilitated guide wire passage and successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after prior attempts at guide wire passage with standard wires were unsuccessful. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.