Use of the retrograde approach for treating a 'balloon-uncrossable' coronary chronic total occlusion

Anna P. Kotsia; George C. Christopoulos; Emmanouil S. Brilakis

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Use of the retrograde approach for treating a 'balloon-uncrossable' coronary chronic total occlusion

Anna P. Kotsia, George C. Christopoulos, Emmanouil S. Brilakis

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Abstract

'Balloon uncrossable' chronic total occlusions are lesions that cannot be crossed with a balloon after successful guidewire crossing. We describe a case where the retrograde approach was used to successfully cross and treat a 'balloon uncrossable' chronic total occlusion.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	261-264
Number of pages	4
Journal	Interventional Cardiology (London)
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2217/ica.14.22
State	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

chronic total occlusion
complications
outcomes
percutaneous coronary intervention

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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Use of the retrograde approach for treating a 'balloon-uncrossable' coronary chronic total occlusion

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