title: Recanalization of an occluded right coronary artery into the right internal mammary artery using a retrograde approach.
abstract: Recanalization of chronic total occlusions (CTO) remains one of the most technically challenging areas in interventional cardiology. We report a case of retrograde recanalization of a chronically occluded mid-right coronary artery into a right internal mammary graft via a septal collateral. This retrograde approach provides another option for CTO recanalization when the anterograde approach has failed.
authors.affiliation: EMO Centro Cuore Columbus, 48 Via M. Buonarroti, 20145 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Azeem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latib
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corbett
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D008323:Mammary Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008499:Medical Records; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents