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Describes an intravascular ultrasound-guided retrograde wiring technique for complex chronic total occlusions where angiographic guidance is insufficient.
This report describes a retrograde wiring technique, using intravascular ultrasound, for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion of which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper re-entry point with the retrograde wire angiographically.
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