New bifurcation guidewire technique: A reversed guidewire technique for extremely angulated bifurcation—A case report

✍ Scribed by Tomohiro Kawasaki,; Hishashi Koga; Takeshi Serikawa

• Book ID: 101828992
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 223 KB
• Volume: 71
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21297

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

We experienced a successfully treated case who had 99% stenosis with a severe delay of the ostial LAD which bifurcated steeply from the LMT. On treating this extreme situation, we used the newly developed “reversed guidewire” technique, and two Cypher™ stents were deployed as a cullotte‐stent for the LMT bifurcation successfully. The “reversed guidewire” technique is considered to be a useful method for treating of extremely angled bifurcation. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.