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Use of the Stingray® guidewire and the Venture® catheter for crossing flush coronary chronic total occlusions due to in‐stent restenosis
Author(s) -
Brilakis Emmanouil S.,
Lombardi William B.,
Banerjee Subhash
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.22480
Subject(s) - medicine , restenosis , catheter , percutaneous coronary intervention , stent , target lesion , stingray , lesion , coronary arteries , radiology , coronary occlusion , percutaneous , occlusion , coronary stent , surgery , cardiology , myocardial infarction , artery , ecology , biology
We report two cases of flush chronic total occlusion due to in‐stent restenosis, in which percutaneous coronary intervention attempts via over‐the‐wire balloons and microcatheters failed to cross the lesion. Using the Venture® catheter for support and the Stingray® guidewire for enhanced penetration capacity, both lesions were successfully crossed and stented. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.