Utility of IVUS-guided transaccess catheter in the treatment of long chronic total occlusion of the superficial femoral artery.
Failure to reenter the true lumen distal to an occlusion is the most frequent cause of failure of the technique of subintimal angioplasty. We report the utility of an IVUS-guided TransAccess catheter in overcoming this problem in the treatment of two patients with long chronic total occlusion of the superficial femoral artery.
Casserly
Ivan P
IP
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA.
Sachar
Ravish
R
Bajzer
Christopher
C
Yadav
Jay S
JS
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000098:blood supply*; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011859:Radiography; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional