CTO intervention

Feasibility of 5 Fr Contralateral Radial Access for Hybrid CTO Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Experience From a Single Tertiary Center in the UK

02/14/2019

Andrew Peter Vanezis , MBChB, MRCP, PhD;

William Wilson , MBBS, FRACP;

William H.T. Smith , MB, MA, MRCP, PhD, FRCP;

CTO PCI using the hybrid algorithm has traditionally been performed femorally using 8 Fr sheaths. Antegrade dissection and re-entry has facilitated procedures using 6 or 7 Fr guides via the radial artery. Radial artery dysfunction is a...

CTO PCI using the hybrid...

02/14/2019

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

Systematic Review of the BridgePoint System for Crossing Coronary and Peripheral Chronic Total Occlusions

05/29/2015

Subhash Banerjee , MD, FSCAI;

Deborah Shorrock ;

Spyros Maragkoydakis , MD;

Michele Roesle , RN, BSN, MD;

Bavana V. Rangan , BDS, MPH, MD;

Anna P. Kotsia , MD, PhD;

Georgios Christopoulos , MD;

Shuaib M. Abdullah , MD;

Emmanouil S. Brilakis , MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FESC, FSCAI;

Jedrek Wosik , MD;

The authors performed a systematic review of the literature on the BridgePoint system published between October 2008 and August 2014 and found the system to be associated with high procedural success rates and low complication rates when used...

The authors performed a...

05/29/2015

Journal of Invasive Cardiology