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“Head‐to‐toe” kissing balloon angioplasty during PCI of right coronary artery chronic total occlusion
Author(s) -
Al Aloul Basel,
Guigari Pavel,
Nicholas Burke M.
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.24801
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , conventional pci , balloon , cardiology , right coronary artery , coronary occlusion , occlusion , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction
New techniques involving the use of retrograde channels have enabled successful revascularization of chronically occluded arteries previously not amenable to standard strategies. We describe the use of a simultaneous antegrade and retrograde approach to perform bifurcation kissing balloon angioplasty which was not possible using a standard antegrade approach. As the balloons are oriented in opposite rather than identical directions, we have named this technique “Head‐to‐Toe Kissing.” © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.