Can a penetration catheter (Tornus) substitute traditional rotational atherectomy for recanalizing chronic total occlusions?

International Heart Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 147-152

  Fang, Hsiu Yu ^a   Fang, Chih Yuan ^a   Hussein, Hisham ^a   Hsueh, Shu Kai ^a   Yang, Cheng Hsu ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^a   Hsieh, Yuan Kai ^a   Hang, Chi Ling ^a   Yip, Hon Kan ^a   Wu, Chiung Jen ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chronic total occlusion; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Rotational atherectomy; Tornus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BYPASS SURGERY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; DEATH; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATIONAL ATHERECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ATHERECTOMY; CALCINOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; CORONARY OCCLUSION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON, CORONARY; ATHERECTOMY, CORONARY; CALCINOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY OCCLUSION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954969028     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.51.147     Document Type: Article

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