title: Use of the Stingray guidewire and the Venture catheter for crossing flush coronary chronic total occlusions due to in-stent restenosis.
abstract: We report two cases of flush chronic total occlusion due to in-stent restenosis, in which percutaneous coronary intervention attempts via over-the-wire balloons and microcatheters failed to cross the lesion. Using the Venture catheter for support and the Stingray guidewire for enhanced penetration capacity, both lesions were successfully crossed and stented.
authors.affiliation: VA North Texas Healthcare System, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. esbrilakis@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Emmanouil S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brilakis
authors.forename: William B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Lombardi
authors.forename: Subhash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057785:Catheters; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome