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Novel Percutaneous Approach for Deployment of 3D Printed Coronary Stenosis Implants in Swine Models of Ischemic Heart Disease
Published on: February 18, 2020
A novel penetration device for severe stenosis or chronic total occlusion in coronary artery disease
Sinisa M Stojkovic1, Miodrag C Ostojic, Shigeru Saito
1Department of Cardiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Clinical Center of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia.
Abstract:
Percutaneous recanalization of coronary artery chronic total occlusion remains a technical challenge for the interventional cardiologist, with a lower success rate than most other lesions. Operator experience and specific tips and tricks with novel dedicated technical devices are needed to obtain procedural success in the majority of situations. The authors report a case of successful revascularization of a chronically occluded left anterior descending coronary artery using a novel penetration device (Tornus, Asahi) to facilitate balloon and stent deployment.
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