title: A new technique to anchor stents for exact placement in ostial stenoses: the stent tail wire or Szabo technique.
abstract: This report describes a technique for correct positioning of a stent in an ostial stenosis by using a second wire passed through the last cell of a stent. The anchor wire technique, first described by Szabo et al. [Szabo S, Abramowitz B, Vaitkus PT. Am J Cardiol 2005;96:212H], will facilitate precise ostial stent placement and eliminate errors of positioning inside or outside the ostial narrowing.
authors.affiliation: Irvine Regional Medical Center, Pacific Cardiovascular Associates, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, USA. mortonkern005@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Morton J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ouellette
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frianeza
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents