TY - JOUR
T1 - "Subintimal external crush" technique for a "balloon uncrossable" chronic total occlusion
AU - Christopoulos, Georgios
AU - Kotsia, Anna P.
AU - Rangan, Bavana V.
AU - Vo, Minh
AU - Alaswad, Khaldoon
AU - Karmpaliotis, Dimitri
AU - Banerjee, Subhash
AU - Brilakis, Emmanouil S.
PY - 2016/6/22
Y1 - 2016/6/22
N2 - Chronic total occlusion (CTO) revascularization is traditionally limited by the challenges related to lesion crossing. In a smaller number of cases, however, inability to advance the balloon catheter to the crossing site can account for recanalization failure ("balloon uncrossable" CTO). We describe a case of a "balloon uncrossable" CTO in which balloon crossing was achieved after subintimal dilation and "external crushing" of the CTO lesion resulting in significant modification of the CTO atheromatous plaque.
AB - Chronic total occlusion (CTO) revascularization is traditionally limited by the challenges related to lesion crossing. In a smaller number of cases, however, inability to advance the balloon catheter to the crossing site can account for recanalization failure ("balloon uncrossable" CTO). We describe a case of a "balloon uncrossable" CTO in which balloon crossing was achieved after subintimal dilation and "external crushing" of the CTO lesion resulting in significant modification of the CTO atheromatous plaque.
KW - Balloon uncrossable
KW - Chronic total occlusion
KW - Complications
KW - Percutaneous coronary intervention
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U2 - 10.1016/j.carrev.2016.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.carrev.2016.06.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 27421955
AN - SCOPUS:85002662981
SN - 1553-8389
JO - Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
JF - Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine
ER -