title: Use of the GuideLiner catheter for the treatment of a bifurcational total occlusion of the native left anterior descending artery through a tortuous composite venous graft.
abstract: Difficulty in stent delivery is frequently encountered in cases of tortuous or calcified coronary arteries. Chronic total occlusion interventions often require extra back-up that may not be adequately provided by guiding catheters, even the most supportive guiding catheters. We report the first successful stenting of a complex native coronary artery occlusion through an angulated bypass graft with the support of a GuideLiner catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Section, Oklahoma University, 920 S.L. Young Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. ehanna10@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Elias B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: Tarun W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Dasari
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hennebry
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D057785:Catheters; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D058017:Vascular Grafting