Tony J DeMartini
Tony J DeMartini
The retrograde technique is an important aspect to overall success in percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions. The reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking technique is the most commonly used re...
Retrograde Procedural Planning, Skills Development, and How to Set Up a Base of Operations [0.03%]
逆行程序规划、技能发展以及如何建立一个行动基地
James C Spratt,Julian W Strange
James C Spratt
This article addresses the practical steps required when adopting retrograde access as part of the treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs). The article focuses on procedure rationale, equipment required, the practical steps, and consid...
R Michael Wyman
R Michael Wyman
The hybrid approach to chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention requires facility with antegrade and retrograde strategies to achieve high success rates in a time-efficient and safe manner. Antegrade dissection and reentry...
M Nicholas Burke
M Nicholas Burke
This article discusses interventional guidewires in general and how they are best used in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in particular. The components that make a guidewire and the various design opti...
Nicholas J Lembo,Dimitri Karmpaliotis,David E Kandzari
Nicholas J Lembo
Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO PCI) procedural planning involves much thought and deliberation before one actually attempts to cross the CTO lesion in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Careful preproce...
Toolbox and Inventory Requirements for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions [0.03%]
慢性完全闭塞经皮冠状动脉介入治疗的工具箱和库存要求
Khaldoon Alaswad
Khaldoon Alaswad
More interventional cardiologists are adopting chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in their practice. This article follows the steps of the PCI procedure to describe the toolbox and inventory requirements ...
Kethes C Waram,Nicholas P Willis,Sudhakar Girotra et al.
Kethes C Waram et al.
Chronic total occlusion accounts for 15% of cases during diagnostic angiography with higher referral rate to surgical revascularization. With contemporary strategies and techniques, the success rate with experienced operators can exceed 90%...
Global Challenges and Solutions: Role of Telemedicine in ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Interventions [0.03%]
全球挑战及解决方案：远程医疗在ST段抬高型心肌梗死介入治疗中的作用
Sameer Mehta,Roberto Botelho,Jamil Cade et al.
Sameer Mehta et al.
Major disparities exist between developed and developing countries in the management of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). These pronounced differences result in significantly increased morbidity and mortality from AMI in different regions ...
Michael C McDaniel,S Tanveer Rab
Michael C McDaniel
Public reporting provides transparency and improved quality of care. However, methods in estimating risk adjusted mortality in ST-segment myocardial infarction, particularly in cardiogenic shock and cardiac arrest are contentious. There are...