Right coronary artery chronic total occlusion revascularization by knuckle technique through right gastroepiploic artery graft

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 587-590

  Galassi, Alfredo R ^a   Costanzo, Luca ^a   Tomasello, Salvatore D ^a   Speciale, Giulio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; GUIDE WIRE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KNUCKLE TECHNIQUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

CORONARY OCCLUSION; GASTROEPIPLOIC ARTERY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 77957974940     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-010-0169-z     Document Type: Letter

References (8)

1. Malvindi PG, Jacob S, Kallikourdis A, Vitale A (2007) What is the patency of the gastroepiploic artery when used for coronary artery bypass grafting? Interact CardioVasc Thoracic Surg 6:397-402 (Pubitemid 46849716)
2. Suero JA, Marso SP, Jones PG et al (2001) Procedural outcomes and long-term survival among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention of a chronic total occlusion in native coronary arteries: a 20-year experience. J Am Coll Cardiol 38:409-414
3. Prasad A, Rihal CS, Lennon RJ, Wiste HJ, Singh M, Holmes DR Jr (2007) Trends in outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions. J Am Coll Cardiol 49:1611-1618
4. Galassi AR, Tomasello SD, Costanzo L (2010) The retrograde approach. In: Galassi AR (ed) Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion, 2nd edn. Alpha Congressi, Republic of San Marino, pp 197-232
5. Sianos G, Barlis P, Di Mario C et al (2008) European experience with the retrograde approach for the recanalisation of coronary artery chronic total occlusions. A report on behalf of the EuroCTO club. EuroInterv 4:84-92
6. Meliga E, García-García HM, Kukreja N et al (2007) Chronic total occlusion treatment in post-CABG patients: saphenous vein graft versus native vessel recanalization-long-term follow-up in the drug-eluting stent era. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 70:21-25
7. Ivanhoe RJ, Weintraub WS, Douglas JS et al (1992) Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of chronic total occlusions. Primary success, restenosis, and long-term clinical follow-up. Circulation 85:106-115
8. Saito S (2008) Different strategies of retrograde approach in coronary angioplasty for chronic total occlusion. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 71:8-19