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Percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion in a left anterior descending coronary artery using an ipsilateral intraseptal bridging collateral tracking technique
Author(s) -
Suzuki Makoto,
Takagi Yaemi,
Tsuchikane Etsuo
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.22561
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , cardiology , conventional pci , collateralization , myocardial bridging , collateral circulation , artery , occlusion , radiology , myocardial infarction , coronary angiography , collateral , finance , economics
As one of the great breakthrough techniques in the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the chronic total occlusions of coronary arteries, the controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking, so called the “CART” technique, has been developed. We present a first case in whom CTO of the mid LAD coronary artery was well‐recanalized using the CART technique via the ipsilateral intraseptal bridging collaterals in the PCI. © 2010 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.