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"Ping-pong" technique for treating a balloon uncrossable chronic total occlusion

Michael Koutouzis1, Grigorios Avdikos1, Georgios Nikitas1

  • 1Second Department of Cardiology, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital of Athens, Greece.

Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine : Including Molecular Interventions
|August 15, 2017
PubMed
Summary

The ping-pong technique successfully treated a challenging balloon uncrossable chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesion during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). This innovative approach offers a solution for difficult CTO cases, improving procedural success rates.

Keywords:
Uncrossable chronic total occlusion“Ping-pong” technique

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