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A Retrograde Approach for CTO
12/30/2014
Read the related blog post, "Retrograde Approach: The Second Time's a Charm," by Richard R. Heuser, MD, and Hassan S. Makki, DO.
A 71-year-old male presented with left leg claudication. He had an 80-pack-a-year smoking history and a left leg ABI of .5. A month before presentation, recanalization of a totally occluded external iliac from a contralateral as well as ipsilateral groin approach was attempted and failed. This video shows results of a successful subsequent recanalization using the pedal approach.