Volume 73, Issue 6 pp. 791-794
Coronary Artery Disease

Double anchoring balloon technique for recanalization of coronary chronic total occlusion by retrograde approach

Nae Hee Lee MD, PhD

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Nae Hee Lee MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, SoonChunHyang University Bucheon Hospital, University of SoonChunHyang College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea

Division of Cardiology, SoonChunHyang University Bucheon Hospital, 1174 Jung-dong, Wonmi-gu, Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, 420-767, Republic of KoreaSearch for more papers by this author
Jon Suh MD

Jon Suh MD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, SoonChunHyang University Bucheon Hospital, University of SoonChunHyang College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea

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Hye-Sun Seo MD, PhD

Hye-Sun Seo MD, PhD

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, SoonChunHyang University Bucheon Hospital, University of SoonChunHyang College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea

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First published: 16 December 2008
Citations: 13

Conflict of interest: Nothing to report.

Abstract

A retrograde approach through the collateral channels is considered to improve the success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO). Various kinds of strategies and techniques are required to improve the success rate of this novel approach. We describe a case in which a CTO was successfully recanalized by the retrograde approach, using a new anchoring balloon technique (double anchoring balloon technique) which enabled the successful balloon passage through the hard CTO lesion. © 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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