chronic occlusion

No-Fluoroscopy Crossing of Chronic Total Occlusions Using Ocelot Optical Coherence Tomography Guided Catheter

12/01/2015

Thomas Davis, MD

St. John Hospital and Medical Center, St. Clair Shores, Michigan

Thomas Davis, MD St. John Hospita...

The Ocelot catheter allows for safe, quick, and efficient crossing of peripheral arterial CTOs while eliminating, or significantly reducing, fluoroscopic exposure and associated contrast administration.

The Ocelot catheter allows for...

12/01/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Patience Is Key in Transcollateral Crossing

05/20/2015

Transcollateral approach has afforded crossing success and ultimately successful treatment in many complex cases, but it requires finesse on the part of the operator.

Transcollateral approach has...

05/20/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Can't See the Forest for the Trees: Transcollateral Crossing of Chronic Total Occlusions

05/20/2015

Vinayak Subramanian, BS¹; George L. Adams, MD, MHS²

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina; ²Rex Hospital, University of North Carolina Health System, Raleigh, North Carolina

Vinayak Subramanian, BS1; George L. A...

This paper is focused on the techniques and tools required for successfully using the transcollateral approach to cross CTOs in the peripheral artery tree.

This paper is focused on the...

05/20/2015

Vascular Disease Management

Application and Benefit of the TruePath CTO Device: An Interview With John Laird, MD

06/04/2013

The TruePath CTO Device for chronic total occlusion (Boston Scientific), which has a diamond-coated distal tip that spins at 13,000 revolutions per minute, can help to break through extremely calcified lesions.

The TruePath CTO Device for...

06/04/2013

Vascular Disease Management

Retrograde Use of Re-Entry Catheter for Revascularization of Superficial Femoral Artery Chronic Total Occlusion

06/04/2013

Jon C. George, MD

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Jon C. George, MD Division of Car...

The authors present a case of endovascular revascularization of a chronic total occlusion via retrograde use of a re-entry catheter, which allows an alternative strategy for revascularization when antegrade approaches fail.

The authors present a case of...

06/04/2013

Vascular Disease Management

Revascularization of Calcified Infrapopliteal Chronic Total Occlusion

03/07/2013

Jon C. George, MD,

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and Lung Center, 200 Trenton Road, Browns Mills, New Jersey

Jon C. George, MD, Division of Ca...

This case report presents a patient with calcified infrapopliteal CTO with critical limb ischemia that was successfully crossed using a CTO catheter.

This case report presents a...

03/07/2013

Vascular Disease Management