Use of the Stingray guidewire and the Venture catheter for crossing flush coronary chronic total occlusions due to in-stent restenosis

Emmanouil S Brilakis; William B Lombardi; Subhash Banerjee

doi:10.1002/ccd.22480

Use of the Stingray guidewire and the Venture catheter for crossing flush coronary chronic total occlusions due to in-stent restenosis

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2010 Sep 1;76(3):391-4. doi: 10.1002/ccd.22480.

Authors

Emmanouil S Brilakis¹, William B Lombardi, Subhash Banerjee

Affiliation

¹ VA North Texas Healthcare System, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 20839355
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22480

Abstract

We report two cases of flush chronic total occlusion due to in-stent restenosis, in which percutaneous coronary intervention attempts via over-the-wire balloons and microcatheters failed to cross the lesion. Using the Venture catheter for support and the Stingray guidewire for enhanced penetration capacity, both lesions were successfully crossed and stented.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / adverse effects
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
Catheters*
Chronic Disease
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Occlusion / etiology
Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
Coronary Restenosis / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Restenosis / etiology
Coronary Restenosis / therapy*
Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
Equipment Design
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Stents*
Treatment Outcome