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PCI for Flush Occluded Right Coronary Artery: Challenges and Techniques for Success

A 74-year-old man with prior coronary artery bypass surgery had a failing vein graft to the right coronary artery (RCA). He underwent retrograde chronic total occlusion recanalization of an ostial flush-occluded RCA facilitated by retrograde angioplasty at the aorto-ostial junction after failed retr...

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Autores principales: Tiwana, Jasleen, Kane, Jesse A., Kearney, Kathleen E., Lombardi, William L., Azzalini, Lorenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10429724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37593596
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101948
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Sumario:A 74-year-old man with prior coronary artery bypass surgery had a failing vein graft to the right coronary artery (RCA). He underwent retrograde chronic total occlusion recanalization of an ostial flush-occluded RCA facilitated by retrograde angioplasty at the aorto-ostial junction after failed retrograde electrocautery. The graft was then sacrificed. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)