title: Comparison of floating wire and single wire techniques in right coronary ostial lesions in terms of procedural features and one-year clinical follow-up results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The floating wire technique is a special technique for solving interventional problems in aorta- ostial lesions. There are no long-term data in the literature for the floating wire technique in right aorto-ostial lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred twenty six patients were retrospectively analyzed in this study. All of these patients had a critical right coronary aorto-ostial lesion. The floating wire technique was performed on 64 patients, and the single wire technique was performed on 62 patients. The two groups were compared with each other in terms of lesional and procedural properties. Additionally, 1-year clinical follow-up results were compared between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no significant difference in terms of lesion properties between the groups. In the floating wire group, mean stent length, number of stents, mean procedure time, mean contrast volume, and mean fluoroscopy time were significantly lower than in the single wire group. At 1 year, 1 patient from each group had myocardial infarction, and no mortality was observed. In the floating wire group, the number of patients who experienced angina and the target lesion revascularization rate were both significantly lower than in the single wire group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The floating wire technique in right coronary ostial lesions provides a significant advantage over the single wire technique according to procedural and clinical follow-up results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Şifa University; İzmir-Turkey. erdem.ozel@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taştan
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özel
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Öztürk
authors.forename: Samet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uyar
authors.forename: Emin Evren
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.forename: Ömer
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Şenarslan
authors.forename: Talat
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tavlı
mesh_terms: D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D014421:Turkey