title: Rescue percutaneous coronary recanalization of right coronary artery by retrograde approach.
abstract: We describe the case of a 62-year-old female patient in whom there was an occlusion of collaterals and acute inferior wall ischemia during the opening procedure of right coronary artery (RCA) chronic total occlusion. Rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of RCA by the retrograde approach was performed preventing heart muscle damage. In this article we discuss the issue of PCI by the retrograde technique.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bryniarski
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kameczura
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Surowiec
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dudek
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Cardiology and Hypertension, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czarnecka
keywords: chronic total occlusion; myocardial infarction; retrograde approach