title: "Bilateral knuckle" technique and Stingray re-entry system for retrograde chronic total occlusion intervention.
abstract: We report a novel technique for retrograde chronic total occlusion intervention, in which the lesion is crossed by forming and advancing a "knuckle" in both the antegrade and retrograde guidewire, followed by reentry in the true lumen by using the Stingray re-entry system.
authors.affiliation: North Texas Health Care System, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Division of Cardiology (111A), 4500 S. Lancaster Rd., Dallas, TX 75216, USA.
authors.forename: Emmanouil S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brilakis
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Badhey
authors.forename: Subhash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome