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Antegrade rewiring of the retrograde Corsair catheter during revascularization of chronic total coronary occlusions: A simple alternative to guidewire exteriorization
Author(s) -
Haworth P.A.J.,
HildickSmith D.
Publication year - 2013
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.23152
Subject(s) - medicine , revascularization , catheter , surgery , cardiology , occlusion , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial revascularization , artery , myocardial infarction
Chronic total occlusions prevent a significant challenge to interventional cardiologists. Successful opening of chronically occluded vessels has been shown to be associated with decreased mortality and morbidity. Recently, the retrograde approach to chronic total occlusion intervention has been developed. In this case series, we present a novel technique to assist with this procedure involving antegrade wiring of a retrograde microcatheter. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.