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ViewIT improves intravascular ultrasound‐guided wiring in coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion
Author(s) -
Okamura Atsunori,
Iwakura Katsuomi,
Fujii Kenshi
Publication year - 2010
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.22427
Subject(s) - medicine , intravascular ultrasound , conventional pci , lumen (anatomy) , ostium , percutaneous coronary intervention , radiology , coronary occlusion , occlusion , lesion , cardiology , surgery , myocardial infarction
Terumo intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ViewIT facilitates IVUS‐guided wiring in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) due to its low profile and surface coating. In PCI for CTO, the first guidewire is sometimes inserted into the subintimal space, and observation by IVUS through the first guidewire in the subintima can allow the second guidewire to be led visually into the true lumen. We describe a case of CTO in which ViewIT was inserted into the subintimal space of the CTO lesion and scanning from the coronary ostium to the CTO subintimal space allowed the second guidewire to be led into the true lumen. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.