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Distal side-branch technique: a new use for the Tornus® Catheter
Victoria Martin-Yuste1, Luis Alvarez-Contreras1, Salvatore Brugaletta1
1Clinic Thorax Institute, Department of Cardiology, University of Barcelona, Villaroel 170, Planta 6-Esc 3, 08036, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes of chronic total occlusions (CTO) lesions have improved in recent years due to a better understanding of the physiopathology of the disease, more effective techniques and improvement in the design of new devices. We describe a new use of the Tornus® Catheter in the anterograde approach for CTO treatment.
