Use of the venture wire control catheter for subintimal coronary dissection and reentry in chronic total occlusions

Neeraj Badhey; William L Lombardi; Craig A Thompson; Emmanouil S Brilakis; Subhash Banerjee

Use of the venture wire control catheter for subintimal coronary dissection and reentry in chronic total occlusions

J Invasive Cardiol. 2010 Sep;22(9):445-8.

Authors

Neeraj Badhey¹, William L Lombardi, Craig A Thompson, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Subhash Banerjee

Affiliation

¹ VA North Texas Healthcare System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

PMID: 20814054

Abstract

Antegrade wiring of chronic total occlusions (CTO) may fail due to subintimal wire entry and inability to reenter the true lumen. We report the use of the Venture wire control catheter to reenter the true lumen after subintimal entry in a long right coronary artery CTO.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angina Pectoris / diagnostic imaging*
Angina Pectoris / surgery
Angina Pectoris / therapy*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
Cardiac Catheterization / methods
Chronic Disease
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Vessels
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Severity of Illness Index*
Tunica Intima / diagnostic imaging