[Two years experience of the use of a penetration catheter (Tornus) recanalization during percutaneous coronary interventions on chronic total occlusions].
We included in this study 43 patients chronic total occlusions (CTO) subjected percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) with the use of penetration catheter (Tornus)  in 2009-2010.  Penetration catheter was applied only in those cases when it was not possible to introduce low profile coronary  dilatation catheter into the site of occlusion. After penetration of CTO by a guide wire a channel was formed by a manually rotated penetration catheter. The Tornus catheter was successfully passed into distal part of an artery in 81.4% of cases. In other.
T A
TA
Batyraliev
D V
DV
Fettser
B A
BA
Sidorenko
S
S
Ozgul
I V
IV
Pershukov
A
A
Sercelik
É
É
Sariev
Iu N
IuN
Belenkov
D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D057785:Catheters / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016896:Treatment Outcome