title: Intravascular ultrasound-guided wiring for chronic total occlusion.
abstract: This report describes a wiring technique for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion for which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper entry point angiographically.
authors.affiliation: Invasive Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuichi
authors.forename: Flavio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Airoldi
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*