Chronic total occlusion angioplasty through supplying collaterals.
Chronic total occlusions are typically difficult to recannalize especially when adverse angiographic morphologies are identified. We describe a case of chronic total occlusion crossing retrograde through the supplying collaterals followed by successful angioplasty and stenting.
Kumar
Sridhar Sampath
SS
Division of Cardiology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11040, USA.
Kaplan
Barry
B
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents