Progress in the retrograde approach for chronic total coronary artery occlusion: A case with successful angioplasty using CART and reverse-anchoring techniques 3 years after failed PCI via a retrograde approach

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 810-814

  Matsumi, Jyunya ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a  

^a SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

COLL, collaterals; OCCL, total occlusions; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CORONARY STENT; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 43249127235     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21493     Document Type: Article

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