A novel 0.010-inch guidewire for crossing jailed sidebranches.
Complete occlusion of a side branch sometimes occurs due to a jailed-stent during treatment of bifurcation lesions. In this report, we describe a novel 0.010-inch coronary guidewire (Decillion) that is effective for crossing a completely occluded side branch through the jailed-stent strut, whereas another standard 0.014-inch guidewire was unable to cross the same lesion. This novel 0.010-inch guidewire may be useful for crossing of completely occluded side branches that are difficult to cross through the stent strut after stent implantation.
Otsuka
Yoritaka
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan. yotsuka@hsp.ncvc.go.jp
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents