Percutaneous coronary intervention of a circumflex chronic total occlusion using an epicardial collateral retrograde approach

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2007 May 1;69(6):842-4. doi: 10.1002/ccd.20979.

Abstract

Antegrade disobliteration of a chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) may be technically difficult in spite of the use of customized equipment. Retrograde approaches via intramyocardial septal or bypass grafts have been described. We report a successful Percutaneous intervention of a proximal circumflex CTO using a retrograde approach via an epicardial collateral.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Collateral Circulation*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Circulation*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Patient Selection
  • Pericardium / diagnostic imaging
  • Pericardium / physiopathology*
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Treatment Outcome