Electrocautery-Facilitated Crossing (ECFC) of Chronic Total Occlusions.

CONCLUSION: The use of energized stiff guidewires to perform ECFC can be of great value for CTO lesions when standard CTO techniques fail. ECFC should only be performed with caution by experienced and high-volume operators to avoid complications. PMID: 31958072 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research