title: Exact deployment of stents in ostial renal artery stenosis using the stent tail wire or Szabo technique.
abstract: This report describes a technique for the exact deployment of a stent in ostial renal artery stenosis (RAS) by using a second wire inserted through the last cell of a stent. This stent tail wire or anchor technique was first described by Szabo et al. (Am J Cardiol 2005; 96:212H) and facilitates precise aorto-ostial stent deployment in cases of atherosclerotic RAS. The technique also helps to eliminate errors of improper stent positioning at this aorto-renal junction, and may possibly minimize patient exposure to ionizing radiation and contrast dye.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California 92868-4080, USA.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: Morton J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: Pranav M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome