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A new retrograde wiring technique for chronic total occlusion
Author(s) -
Kim Moo Hyun,
Yu Long Hao,
Mitsudo Kazuaki
Publication year - 2009
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.22152
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , rendezvous , coronary occlusion , occlusion , bridge (graph theory) , percutaneous , surgery , stent , cardiology , myocardial infarction , engineering , spacecraft , aerospace engineering
To improve the success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO), different strategies of retrograde approach were introduced in recent years. The aim of this report is to describe a new retrograde wiring technique for CTO, the “Bridge or Rendezvous method.” This new technique saves time, reduces cost, as well as reduces procedure‐related complications. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.