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Transradial Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention
12/18/2013
By Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA, Tampa, Florida, Zaheed Tai, DO, FACC, FSCAI, Winter Haven Hospital, Winter Haven, Florida
A reader asks about treating chronic total occlusions via transradial access. The authors discuss a case of a 59-year-old male with a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in his right coronary artery. They highlight some of the technical considerations and limitations when utilizing the radial approach for CTO recanalization.
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