Abstract
The vast majority of failures of transcatheter interventions in patients with peripheral vascular disease are due to inability to cross the lesion with a guidewire. Although the use of the Glidewire(TM) has clearly improved the success rate, failures with especially chronic total occlusions still occur. We describe a new technique using the very stiff backend of the Glidewire, which we have found very successful, when conventional techniques fail in crossing highly resistant lesions.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Pages (from-to) | 360-363 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 1995 |
Keywords
- guidewire
- percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
- peripheral vascular disease
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine