IVUS-guided wiring technique: promising approach for the chronic total occlusion

Tetsuo Matsubara; Akira Murata; Hiromichi Kanyama; Atsushi Ogino

doi:10.1002/ccd.10796

IVUS-guided wiring technique: promising approach for the chronic total occlusion

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2004 Mar;61(3):381-6. doi: 10.1002/ccd.10796.

Authors

Tetsuo Matsubara¹, Akira Murata, Hiromichi Kanyama, Atsushi Ogino

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital Cardiovascular Center, Nagoya, Japan. ebm00091@dk.pdx.ne.jp

PMID: 14988900
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10796

Abstract

We report on two cases of IVUS-guided wiring technique performed on chronic total occlusion using stiffer wires and low-profile intracoronary ultrasound catheter. This technique helped improve a success rate of chronic total occlusion case.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Disease / therapy*
Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Ultrasonography, Interventional / instrumentation
Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*