Journal: JACC Case Reports
Article Title: Complex Retrograde CTO-PCI With Laser Atherectomy and a Novel Tip-In Technique Into a Guide Catheter Extension
doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2026.107651
Figure Lengend Snippet: Right Coronary Artery Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Final Steps Left heart catheterization showing (A) 0.9-mm laser atherectomy performed without difficulty. (B) The right coronary artery lesion was predilated with an NC balloon, and percutaneous coronary intervention was performed using a 4.0 × 48 mm drug-eluting stent. (C) Final image of the right coronary artery highlighting the collaterals to the left anterior descending artery.
Article Snippet: Retrograde CTO-PCI with laser atherectomy • Suoh 03 wire (Asahi Intecc) • Caravel microcatheter (Asahi Intecc) • Corsair Pro XS microguide catheter (Asahi Intecc) • RG3 wire (Asahi Intecc) • Gaia Next 2 and Gaia Next 3 (Asahi Intecc) • BMW wire (Abbott) • Everolimus drug-eluting stent 4.0 × 48 mm (Abbott) • 0.9-mm excimer laser coronary atherectomy system (Philips).
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