Double anchoring balloon technique for recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusion by retrograde approach

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2009 May 1;73(6):791-4. doi: 10.1002/ccd.21940.

Abstract

A retrograde approach through the collateral channels is considered to improve the success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO). Various kinds of strategies and techniques are required to improve the success rate of this novel approach. We describe a case in which a CTO was successfully recanalized by the retrograde approach, using a new anchoring balloon technique (double anchoring balloon technique) which enabled the successful balloon passage through the hard CTO lesion.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / physiopathology
  • Calcinosis / therapy*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Collateral Circulation
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Occlusion / physiopathology
  • Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
  • Coronary Restenosis / etiology
  • Coronary Restenosis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents
  • Treatment Outcome