Demonstrates a technique using a Probing Catheter and Glidewire to successfully recross a complex right coronary artery dissection and occlusion.
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May aid bailout recrossing in complex dissections; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Intimal dissection and disruption with closure of a tortuous right coronary artery during elective coronary angioplasty can be especially difficult to address. We describe the use of the Probing Catheter TM , in conjunction with the Glidewire TM , to recross a postcoronary angioplasty dissection and occlusion in an elderly female who was considered not to be a candidate for coronary bypass surgery.
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