title: A case of successful percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion using the reversed guidewire technique.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion remains a challenging field for interventional cardiologists because of inability to advance a wire beyond the occlusion. In case that the wire is not crossed to the distal main vessel but a side branch originated from distal end of the occlusion, we applied "reversed guidewire technique" which was initially proposed as a technique for extremely angulated bifurcations with utilizing hairpin shaped wire. In this case report, we describe application of this technique for chronic total occlusion in detail with potential limitations.
authors: Department of Advanced Cardiovascular Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita-city, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. seiko919@act.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
authors: Seiko
authors: S
authors: Ide
authors: Satoru
authors: S
authors: Sumitsuji
authors: Hideaki
authors: H
authors: Kaneda
authors: Seyed Ebrahim
authors: SE
authors: Kassaian
authors: Mohammad Ali
authors: MA
authors: Ostovan
authors: Shinsuke
authors: S
authors: Nanto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents