Key result
Novel retrograde septal PCI achieves successful recanalization in RCA chronic total occlusion cases.
Why the study?
Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion in the right coronary artery by the antegrade approach is sometimes difficult, motivating exploration of a retrograde approach.
Does a retrograde approach via a septal branch allow successful PCI in patients with chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery?
Population
2 patients with chronic total occlusion in the right coronary artery
Comparison
Retrograde PCI via septal branch vs antegrade PCI approach
Design
Case report
Authors
Loading...
Supports feasibility in select cases; leaves open need for larger studies before clinical adoption.
Case Report (n=2)
Does a retrograde approach via a septal branch allow successful PCI in patients with chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery?
A novel retrograde approach via a septal branch for PCI of RCA CTOs may be an effective technique, challenging current concepts of CTO lesion morphology.
Noriyuki Ozawa (2006) conducted a case report in Chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the right coronary artery (RCA) (n=2). PCI by a retrograde approach via a septal branch was evaluated on Successful PCI. Percutaneous coronary intervention using a novel retrograde approach via a septal branch was successfully performed in 2 patients with chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery.
Synapse has enriched 4 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: