Treatment of chronic total occlusion by retrograde passage of stents through an epicardial collateral vessel

Darpan Bansal; Barry F Uretsky

doi:10.1002/ccd.21634

Treatment of chronic total occlusion by retrograde passage of stents through an epicardial collateral vessel

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2008 Sep 1;72(3):365-369. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21634.

Authors

Darpan Bansal¹, Barry F Uretsky²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.
² Sparks Health System, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

PMID: 18727118
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21634

Abstract

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) may occur in as many as 30-40% of patients with coronary artery disease. Retrograde revascularization through a collateral channel has been described earlier. We report the first case of retrograde passage of a stent through an epicardial collateral to revascularize a right coronary artery CTO.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary* / instrumentation
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary* / methods
Chronic Disease
Collateral Circulation*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Circulation*
Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Occlusion / physiopathology
Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
Coronary Vessels / pathology
Coronary Vessels / physiopathology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
Pericardium / physiopathology*
Stents*
Treatment Outcome