Intravascular ultrasound‐guided retrograde wiring for chronic total occlusion |
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| Authors: | Shinichi Furuichi MD FSCAI FESC Toshiya Satoh MD |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiovascular Center Hokkaido Ohno Hospital, Sapporo, Japan |
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| Abstract: | This report describes a retrograde wiring technique, using intravascular ultrasound, for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion of which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper re‐entry point with the retrograde wire angiographically. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. |
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| Keywords: | chronic total occlusion intravascular ultrasound retrograde approach stents |
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