title: Successful coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion using a retrograde approach with biradial arteries.
abstract: A retrograde approach is one of the new techniques of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTO). We present 4 cases of successful PCI for CTO via a retrograde approach using both radial arteries. There were no complications in these cases. We found that, selected cases, a retrograde approach using the biradial arteries in the treatment of CTO appears to be feasible.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology and Catheterization Laboratories, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital, Yamazaki, Kamakura, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Taketani
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaneda
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged