## Abstract This report describes a wiring technique for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion for which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper entry point angiographically. Β© 2007 WileyβLiss, Inc.
Intravascular ultrasound guided recanalization of stumpless chronic total occlusion
β Scribed by Yongwhi Park; Hun Sik Park; Gui-Lyen Jang; Dong-Yeub Lee; Hyunsang Lee; Ju Hwan Lee; Hyun Jae Kang; Dong Heon Yang; Yongkeun Cho; Shung-Chull Chae; Jae-Eun Jun; Wee-Hyun Park
- Book ID
- 116549024
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 760 KB
- Volume
- 148
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-5273
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## Abstract This report describes a retrograde wiring technique, using intravascular ultrasound, for a blunt chronic total occlusion with a side branch at the site of occlusion of which the operator has difficulty of awareness of the proper reβentry point with the retrograde wire angiographically.
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