Chronic total occlusions (CTO)

Case Report

Retrograde CTO Crossing Through Invisible Collaterals

07/31/2016

The patient is a 58-year-old gentleman with multivessel coronary disease with a 40% ostial left main lesion, 50% proximal right coronary artery (RCA) lesion and a chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the mid left anterior descending coronary...

The patient is a 58-year-old...

07/31/2016

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CLI Perspectives

The CLI CTO: When, Where, and How to Best Cross

07/27/2016

Gary M. Ansel , MD, FACC;

Jihad A. Mustapha , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

In CLI, the CTO is never straightforward and tends to be associated with many additional obstacles. With us during this issue is Gary Ansel, MD, who has had a long history of treating CTOs and has pioneered many of the currently used CTO...

In CLI, the CTO is never...

07/27/2016

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Case Report

Specialty Microcatheters to Facilitate Antegrade Crossing for CTO Revascularization

05/08/2016

Zaheed Tai , MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI;

Orlando Marrero , RCIS, MBA;

The current hybrid algorithm approach to CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) uses a combination of antegrade and retrograde techniques to facilitate wire crossing and procedural success. In the early stages of adopting this approach,...

The current hybrid algorithm...

05/08/2016

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Case Report

Treatment of a LAD CTO with the New CenterCross “Anchoring Catheter”

03/03/2016

Eric R. Guerra , MD;

Orlando Marrero , RCIS, MBA;

A 72-year-old female had an abnormal nuclear myocardial perfusion stress test and underwent diagnostic cardiac catheterization, which revealed a mid left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) chronic total occlusion (CTO) secondary to...

A 72-year-old female had an...

03/03/2016

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Transradial Intervention of a Chronic Total Iliac Artery Occlusion

10/05/2015

Samir B. Pancholy , MD, FACP, FACC, FSCAI;

Kintur Sanghvi , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

This case exemplifies the versatility added by multiple accesses to treat a very complex chronic total occlusion with hybrid antegrade and retrograde approaches.

This case exemplifies the...

10/05/2015

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New Techniques

Reentry-Catheter Assisted SAFARI Technique

10/05/2015

Zaheed Tai , MD, DO, FACC, FSCAI;

Arthur C. Lee , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

In the event of reentry failure, alternative strategies may be required to achieve procedural success. We describe an alternative strategy to achieve success with the use of Outback and Pioneer reentry catheters when initial reentry fails.

In the event of reentry failure,...

10/05/2015

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Clinical Editor's Corner

Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) Revascularization: Seeing the Future

05/28/2015

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

I know a good idea when I see it and recanalization of CTOs is one.

I know a good idea when I see it...

05/28/2015

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CLI Perspectives

Low-Profile Peripheral Balloons in Infrainguinal Disease

04/03/2015

Jihad A. Mustapha , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

Thomas P. Davis , MD, FACC;

This month Dr. Mustapha interviews Dr. Tom Davis, MD who is a pioneer in peripheral vascular revascularization. He shares with us the value of specialty balloons in infrainguinal disease.

This month Dr. Mustapha...

04/03/2015

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CLI Perspectives

Looking at the Multi-Level Disease of Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI)

02/26/2015

Jihad A. Mustapha , MD, FACC, FSCAI;

This month, Dr. Mustapha interviews: Larry J. Diaz-Sandoval, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan; Fadi Saab, MD, Metro Health Hospital, Wyoming, Michigan; and George Adams, MD, Director of Cardiovascular and Peripheral Vascular...

This month, Dr. Mustapha...

02/26/2015

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Meeting Update

VEITHSymposium — Should We Attempt an Endovascular Procedure on all CLI Patients with a CTO?

02/03/2015

Enrico Ascher , MD;

Too many of us are jumping on the bandwagon to say that all limb salvage procedures, and all patients who have claudication, are candidates for endovascular procedures. However, there are a substantial number of patients where endovascular...

Too many of us are jumping on...

02/03/2015

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