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Editorial
. 2017 Mar-Apr;69(2):266-276.
doi: 10.1016/j.ihj.2017.02.004. Epub 2017 Feb 20.

Unraveling the mystique of CTO Interventions: Tips and techniques of using hardware to achieve success

Sundeep Mishra  1
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Editorial

Unraveling the mystique of CTO Interventions: Tips and techniques of using hardware to achieve success

Sundeep Mishra. Indian Heart J. 2017 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

The scientific discourse of chronic total occlusions interventions is mired in a technical jargon so confusing that it prevents an average interventional cardiologist from pursuing this field so much so that it has become a domain of a few. This review attempts to simplify this vernacular and present it in a manner that this procedure comes within the scope of a mainstream interventionist.

Keywords: Antegrade; CART; Chronic total occlusion; Collateral channel; Corsair; CrossBoss; Externalization; Fielder; Gaia; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Retrograde; Reverse CART; STAR technique; Sion blue; Tornus.

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Histology of occluded lumen in CTO.
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Retrograde CTO approach.
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