Crossing techniques and devices in femoropopliteal chronic total occlusion intervention.
Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are common in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. Endovascular CTO intervention remains a challenging endeavor for interventionalists, but is being increasingly considered as a plausible alternative to surgical revascularization, even for complex CTO lesions. We review common endovascular techniques using antegrade, retrograde and transcollateral approaches in femoropopliteal CTO intervention. In addition, we review the current literature on the utility, efficacy, and safety of novel crossing and re-entry devices in femoropopliteal CTO interventions.
['Bhatt|Hemal|H|', 'Janzer|Sean|S|', 'George|Jon C|JC|']
D000792:Angiography D002908:Chronic Disease D003251:Constriction, Pathologic D057510:Endovascular Procedures D004867:Equipment Design D005263:Femoral Artery D006801:Humans D058729:Peripheral Arterial Disease D011150:Popliteal Artery D015641:Radiography, Interventional D016896:Treatment Outcome D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional D062666:Vascular Access Devices D014654:Vascular Patency
Chronic total occlusion Peripheral arterial disease Re-entry devices Crossing devices