Use of the CrossBoss catheter for crossing superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

Michael Luna; Subhash Banerjee; Emmanouil S Brilakis

doi:10.1016/j.carrev.2011.05.005

Use of the CrossBoss catheter for crossing superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusions

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2012 Jan-Feb;13(1):58-61. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2011.05.005. Epub 2011 Jul 7.

Authors

Michael Luna¹, Subhash Banerjee, Emmanouil S Brilakis

Affiliation

¹ VA North Texas Healthcare System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75216, USA.

PMID: 21741325
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2011.05.005

Abstract

The CrossBoss chronic total occlusion catheter has been developed for the treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions. We report a novel use of the CrossBoss catheter for the crossing of a superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusion in three patients after conventional guidewire techniques failed.

Published by Elsevier Inc.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery*
Catheterization / instrumentation*
Femoral Artery / surgery*
Humans
Intermittent Claudication / surgery*
Male
Middle Aged
Stents