Recanalization of chronic total occlusion

✍ Scribed by Reeder, Guy S.

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 24 KB
• Volume: 45
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0098-6569
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199811)45:3<328::aid-ccd25>3.0.co;2-u

✦ Synopsis

In this issue of Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis, Bahl et al. describe their experience using a 0.014 inch hydrophilic guidewire for crossing chronic total occlusions and the results of subsequent intervention. The success rate of 25 of 30 cases (83%) is higher than that traditionally assigned to this strategy, reflecting no doubt in part the ability of the operators. While the authors estimated the duration of occlusion at 5 Ϯ 4 mo, they do not supply any information regarding selection criteria for these 30 cases. It is important to note that there