“Subintimal external crush” technique for a “balloon uncrossable” chronic total occlusion

We describe a case of a “balloon uncrossable” CTO in which balloon crossing was achieved after subintimal dilation and “external crushing” of the CTO lesion resulting in significant modification of the CTO atheromatous plaque.

Source: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine - June 26, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Georgios Christopoulos, Anna P. Kotsia, Bavana V. Rangan, Minh Vo, Khaldoon Alaswad, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Subhash Banerjee, Emmanouil S. Brilakis Source Type: research