• 作者：Victoria Mart&#237 ; n-Yuste^a ; ^{27700vmy@comb.cat} ; Luis Á ; lvarez-Contreras^a ; Clarissa Cola^b ; Salvatore Brugaletta^a ; Juan Garc&#237 ; a Picart^c ; Vicens Mart&#237 ; ^c ; Monica Masotti^a ; Manel Sabaté ; ^a
• 关键词：Oclusiones coronarias cró ; nicas ; Oclusiones no dilatables ; Caté ; ter Tornus®
• 刊名：Revista Espa?ola de Cardiolog¨ªa
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：October 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：64
• 期：10
• 页码：935-938
• 全文大小：431 K

The treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) remains a challenge for the interventional cardiologist. Failure of balloon angioplasty is the second more common cause of an unsuccessful procedure. We describe our experience with the use of the new Tornus^? catheter (Asahi Intecc, Aichi, Japan) designed specifically for the treatment of ¡°nondilatable?CTO. Between November 2008 and March 2010, 17 patients (age 62 years, 88 % men, 82 % dyslipidemia, 52 % hypertension, 29 % diabetes) were treated in whom balloon dilatation had failed after crossing the lesion with the guide. The use of Tornus^? catheter was successful without complications in 15. All patients underwent clinical follow-up (median, 573 days) with no documented major adverse events. The use of the Tornus^? catheter is safe and feasible in those patients with CTO lesions in whom balloon angioplasty has been unsuccessful.

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