Chronic total occlusions (CTO)

Treatment of Coronary and Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusions Using a Unique Super Support Catheter

02/03/2015

I. A coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) case performed by Zaheed Tai, DO. A 74-year-old female presents with a history of multi-vessel coronary artery disease, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and renal insufficiency.

I. A coronary chronic...

02/03/2015

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Case Files by Dr. George

Flaring of Ostial Coronary Stent Using Flash Ostial Balloon for Aorto-Ostial Coronary Disease in a Right Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention

02/03/2015

Jon C. George , MD, MBA;

Richard C. Kovach , MD;

Thomas E. Waggoner , DO;

The anatomic nature of percutaneous stenting of aorto-ostial lesions remains an angiographic challenge for interventional cardiologists. There are greater than 300,000 aorto-ostial stenting procedures performed worldwide each year.1-2 Herein,...

The anatomic nature of...

02/03/2015

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Case Report

Treating a Chronic Total Occlusion in a Community Hospital

11/05/2014

Syed M. Ahmed , MD;

A 76-year-old female with a history of hypertension and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease came to our community hospital for a pre-op cardiac evaluation.

A 76-year-old female with a...

11/05/2014

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