Intravascular ultrasound-guided retrograde wiring for chronic total occlusion.
This report describes a retrograde wiring technique, using intravascular ultrasound, for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion of which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper re-entry point with the retrograde wire angiographically.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center Hokkaido Ohno Hospital, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Japan. shinichi.furuichi@gmail.com
Shinichi
S
Furuichi
Toshiya
T
Satoh
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional