title: Treatment of chronic total occlusion by retrograde passage of stents through an epicardial collateral vessel.
abstract: Chronic total occlusion (CTO) may occur in as many as 30-40% of patients with coronary artery disease. Retrograde revascularization through a collateral channel has been described earlier. We report the first case of retrograde passage of a stent through an epicardial collateral to revascularize a right coronary artery CTO.
authors: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.
authors: Darpan
authors: D
authors: Bansal
authors: Sparks Health System, Fort Smith, Arkansas.
authors: Barry F
authors: BF
authors: Uretsky
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome