Chronic Total Occlusion

Practical Handbook of Advanced Interventional Cardiology: Tips and Tricks, Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 173-203

  Tsuchikane, Etsuo ^a   Katoh, Osamu ^a   Suzuki, Takahiko ^a   Nakamura, Sunao ^b   Nguyen, Thach N ^c,d,e,f,g   Saito, Shigeru ^h  

^a Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

^b NEW TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g St Mary Medical Center   (United States)

^h SHONAN KAMAKURA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antegrade wiring; Chronic total occlusion; Co axial position; Conventional and hydrophilic wires; Diagnostic angiography; Femoral artery access; Ischemic stimulation; IVUS guided wiring; Neovascular channels

Indexed keywords

EID: 64349106913     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444312584.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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