Optical coherence tomography for guiding wire into a side branch coronary artery with flush total occlusion

Yasir H Qureshi; Giora Weisz; Akiko Maehara; Diaa A Hakim; Khady Fall; Angelica Castaneda; Jeffrey W Moses

doi:10.1016/j.carrev.2014.06.002

Optical coherence tomography for guiding wire into a side branch coronary artery with flush total occlusion

Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2015 Jan-Feb;16(1):55-7. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2014.06.002. Epub 2014 Jun 25.

Authors

Yasir H Qureshi¹, Giora Weisz², Akiko Maehara³, Diaa A Hakim¹, Khady Fall¹, Angelica Castaneda¹, Jeffrey W Moses⁴

Affiliations

¹ Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, NY, USA.
² Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York City, NY, USA.
³ Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York City, NY, USA.
⁴ Columbia University Medical Center/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City, NY, USA; Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York City, NY, USA. Electronic address: jm2456@cumc.columbia.edu.

PMID: 25081229
DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2014.06.002

Abstract

We report a case of flush occlusion, where a novel use of optical coherence tomography (OCT) helped in successful crossing and stenting of the lesion.

Keywords: CTO; Complex PCI; Optical coherence tomography (OCT); Total occlusion.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cardiac Catheters*
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Occlusion / diagnosis
Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessels / pathology*
Equipment Design
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation*
Predictive Value of Tests
Stents
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Treatment Outcome