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A new technique to anchor stents for exact placement in ostial stenoses: The stent tail wire or Szabo technique
Author(s) -
Kern Morton J.,
Ouellette David,
Frianeza Tony
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.20613
Subject(s) - stent , medicine , stenosis , radiology
This report describes a technique for correct positioning of a stent in an ostial stenosis by using a second wire passed through the last cell of a stent. The anchor wire technique, first described by Szabo et al. [Szabo S, Abramowitz B, Vaitkus PT. Am J Cardiol 2005;96:212H], will facilitate precise ostial stent placement and eliminate errors of positioning inside or outside the ostial narrowing. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.