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`GUIDELINER® CATHETER AND R350""GUIDEWIRE
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`Contemporary Chronic Total
`Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary
`Intervention: GuideLiner Catheter
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`and R350 Guidewire Facilitated
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`Reverse-CART
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`PHYSICIAN
`J. Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, FSCAI
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`Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO
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`PRESENTATION
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`A male with inferior Ml two years ago was treated with
`primary PCI using a drug eluting stent deployed in the mid—
`right coronary artery (RCA). He presents now to his local
`cardiologist complaining of exertional shortness ofair for the
`preceding six months. Stress myocardial perfusion imaging
`demonstrated a large reversible defect in the RCA distribution
`involving 15% of the myocardium.
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`INITIAL FINDINGS
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`Coronary angiography revealed a chronic total occlusion
`(CTO) of the RCA beyond the previously deployed stent
`(Figure I). Attempted percutaneous coronary intervention
`(PCI) with antegrade wiring was unsuccessful. The occlusion
`extended past the bifurcation into the RPLV and PDA. He was
`referred for retrograde CTO-PCI, using the hybrid approachi.
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`TREATMENT
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`The CTO of the RCA was approached with retrograde crossing
`through a septal collateral from the LAD first septal perforator
`(Figure 2) using the Corsair® microcatheter and a Sion®
`wire (both from Asahi-Intecc, Nagoya, Japan). Retrograde
`dissection and re—entry was performed using the reverse
`controlled antegrade and retrograde dissection technique
`(XCART, Figure 3)2. After balloon inflation on the antegrade
`wire (long arrow) the retrograde wire could not be passed
`into the antegrade true lumen. A GuideLiner catheter was
`advanced antegrade into the distal RCA over a wire and
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`TREATMENT CONTINUED
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`The GuideLiner was intubated (Figure 4, long arrow) with the
`retrograde wire (Confianza® Pro 12, Asahi—Intecc, Nagoya, Japan)
`via the Corsair (Figure 4, short arrow). The Corsair (Figure 5,
`short arrow) was then advanced into the GuideLiner (Figure
`5, long arrow) and the Confianza Pro 12 wire removed. An
`R350 guidewire was passed through the Corsair from the
`retrograde guide all the way out the antegrade guide and used
`for antegrade ballooning and stenting with rapid exchange
`gear. The RPLV branch could not be treated as the retrograde
`distal cap was ambiguous and could not be penetrated with
`retrograde wires. Final angiography revealed a large PDA with
`TIMI-III antegrade flow after deploying a 3.0 x 38mm long drug
`eluting stent in the distal RCA (Figure 6).
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`CONCLUSION AND POST PROCEDURE
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`The patient was dismissed the following day symptom free.
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`SUMMARY
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`Vascular Solutions, Inc. has developed a portfolio of useful
`devices when approaching patients with complex chronic total
`occlusions. This case demonstrates the utility of the GuideLiner
`in facilitating reverse CART when re-entry with the retrograde
`wire is difficult. The R350 guidewire is a stainless steel wire with
`a 0.013" diameter that can be used as an externalization wire
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`through the Corsair channel dilator for retrograde CTO-PCI.
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`REFERENCES
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`1Brilakis E.S., Grantham J.A., et al., (201 2). J. Am. Coll. Card;
`Cardiovascular In t., 5, 368—79.
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`2Saito S., (2008). Catheter and Cardiovascular Inter, F1, 8-19.
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`J. Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, FSCAI
`Dr. Grantham is an Associate Professor of
`Medicine at the University of Missouri, Kansas
`City and an Interventional Cardiologist at Saint
`Luke's Mid America Heart Institute.
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`www.ctofundamentalsorg.
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`For more information on the Hybrid approach to
`CTO—PCI, Dr. Grantham suggests physicians visit
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`GuldeLinerCatheters areintended to be used in Conjunction with guide Catheters to aCCess discrete regions ofthe Coronary
`and/or peripheral vasculature, and to facilitate placementand exchange ofguideWIres and other interventional devices.
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