Excimer laser coronary atherectomy in septal collaterals during retrograde recanalization of a chronic total occlusion
Abstract
Overview
Management of chronic total occlusions has
been refined through the development of a retrograde
approach via collateral pathways. We
describe here the use of excimer laser coronary
atherectomy in the septal collaterals.
This appraoch was not yet described in the literature.
Keywords
Chronic total occlusion, retrograde recanalization, excimer laser coronary atherectomy.
Article Information
Correspondence
Marc-Alexander Ohlow; Department of Cardiology, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Robert-Koch-Allee 9, 99437 Bad Berka, Germany. Tel. +49.36458.541216 – Fax: +4936458.53605. E-mail: marc.ohlow@zentralklinik.de
Received
2011-05-11T00:00:00
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