First case reports of controlled blunt m
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Peter Mossop; Marion Cincotta; Robert Whitbourn
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Article
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2003
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) can fail to revascularize peripheral arteries when a chronic total occlusion (CTO) cannot be crossed by guidewires. This article describes application of a new controlled blunt microdissection (CMD) catheter designed to cross CTOs. Two men pre