"Head-to-toe" kissing balloon angioplasty during PCI of right coronary artery chronic total occlusion.
New techniques involving the use of retrograde channels have enabled successful revascularization of chronically occluded arteries previously not amenable to standard strategies. We describe the use of a simultaneous antegrade and retrograde approach to perform bifurcation kissing balloon angioplasty which was not possible using a standard antegrade approach. As the balloons are oriented in opposite rather than identical directions, we have named this technique "Head-to-Toe Kissing."
['Al Aloul|Basel|B|', 'Guigari|Pavel|P|', 'Nicholas Burke|M|M|']
D000368:Aged D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary D062906:Cardiac Catheters D002908:Chronic Disease D017023:Coronary Angiography D054059:Coronary Occlusion D004867:Equipment Design D006801:Humans D008297:Male D016896:Treatment Outcome
chronic total occlusion bifurcation collateral circulation retrograde angioplasty