Successful percutaneous coronary intervention of a chronic totally occluded left anterior descending artery via an ipsilateral intraseptal channel using intravascular ultrasound-guided retrograde wire-crossing technique

Cardiovasc Interv Ther. 2014 Apr;29(2):157-61. doi: 10.1007/s12928-013-0204-x. Epub 2013 Aug 23.

Abstract

We herein report a 59-year-old man with a chronic totally occluded left anterior descending artery treated by percutaneous coronary intervention via an ipsilateral intraseptal channel using an intravascular ultrasound-guided retrograde wire-crossing technique. When an antegrade approach is not feasible or fails, a retrograde approach to a chronic totally occluded lesion is reasonable. However, a retrograde approach from the contralateral coronary artery is not always feasible. We herein report that an ipsilateral intraseptal channel can serve as one route by which to perform a retrograde approach to chronic totally occluded lesions of the left anterior descending artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Collateral Circulation
  • Coronary Circulation
  • Coronary Occlusion / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Occlusion / physiopathology
  • Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional*