The active pulling technique to solve microcatheter-uncrossable lesions in retrograde chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention

Conclusions: The APT is an easy and safe technique that can greatly improve procedural efficiency without adding other instruments, and allows the retrograde microcatheter to quickly crossing the CTO body after successful retrograde wire externalization.
Source: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging - Category: Radiology Source Type: research