First recanalization of a coronary artery chronic total obstruction in an 11-year-old child with Kawasaki disease sequelae using the CROSSER catheter

Pediatr Cardiol. 2007 Sep-Oct;28(5):389-93. doi: 10.1007/s00246-006-0083-3. Epub 2007 Aug 18.

Abstract

This is a case of an 11(1/2)-year-old diagnosed with Kawasaki disease at 6 months of age. Distal left main coronary aneurysm involving the proximal anterior descending and circumflex had progressed into a chronic total occlusion. We report the first application of a novel percutaneous technique using the CROSSER catheter system in a child. The CROSSER is a high-frequency mechanical vibration catheter-based technology developed to safely penetrate through calcific and noncalcific coronary artery occlusions. This is also the first Kawasaki disease patient to benefit from this technology; in this disease, coronary artery stenosis is typically associated with heavy calcification.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Calcinosis
  • Cardiac Catheterization* / instrumentation
  • Catheterization*
  • Child
  • Collateral Circulation
  • Coronary Aneurysm / pathology
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Equipment Design
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / complications*
  • Myocardial Revascularization / methods*
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional