title: Wire externalization versus "rendez-vous" for successfully completing retrograde chronic total occlusion interventions.
authors.affiliation: VA North Texas Healthcare System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Bavana V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Rangan
authors.forename: Emmanouil S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brilakis
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation*