Ultrasound-Guided (Pioneer) and Outback Re-entry Devices at the Infrapopliteal Level

Infrapopliteal artery chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are now routinely crossed with wires in an antegrade or retrograde fashion. Luminal re-entry devices have been used in the femoropopliteal and iliac CTOs. Ultrasound-guided re-entry (Pioneer; Philips Healthcare, Best, The Netherlands) at the infrapopliteal level has not been reported. The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of ultrasound-guided and Outback (Cordis, Milpitas, Calif) re-entry devices used to assist targeted re-entry in treating CTOs at the infrapopliteal level.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Abstract from the 2019 Eastern Vascular Society Annual Meeting Source Type: research