Retrograde Balloon‐Assisted Subintimal Entry for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
An impenetrable proximal cap complicates chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and is often an indication for the retrograde approach. When also the distal cap of the CTO is impenetrable, very few options remain to recanalize the vessel. We report a case of retrograde balloon-assisted subintimal entry (BASE), enabling successful CTO PCI in a case with impenetrable proximal and distal caps.
Authors
- Primero Ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4761-980X)
- Lorenzo Azzalini
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- Royal Perth Hospital (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
- Published
- 2026-01-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.70467
- Primary Topic
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00