IVUS-guided wiring technique: promising approach for the chronic total occlusion.
We report on two cases of IVUS-guided wiring technique performed on chronic total occlusion using stiffer wires and low-profile intracoronary ultrasound catheter. This technique helped improve a success rate of chronic total occlusion case.
Department of Cardiology, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Nagoya, Japan. ebm00091@dk.pdx.ne.jp
Tetsuo
T
Matsubara
Akira
A
Murata
Hiromichi
H
Kanyama
Atsushi
A
Ogino
D000368:Aged; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*