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This month, we highlight the step by step approach of a tortuous RCA CTO lesion in a 71 years old male patient, s/p LAD stenting with ischemia at the level of the anterior and inferior walls on myocardial scintigraphy. The RCA shows a 20 mm calcified occlusion at the proximal level, with a relatively tapered proximal cap and retrograde filling from the septals.

Educational Objectives

  • Plan a step-by-step approach procedure for CTO lesions.
  • Antegrade wire escalation.
  • Access sites and size possibilities during procedure.
  • Wires to favor/avoid during subintimal space manipulation.
  • IVUS role in CTO.

Step-by-step procedure:

1) Access site:

  • Right radial approach: 7 French EBU to the left main + workhorse wire towards the distal LAD.
  • Right femoral approach: 8 French AL to the RCA.

2) Step by step approach:

  • The initial strategy was antegrade wire escalation.
  • Using a Corsair Pro microcatheter a Fielder XT-R wire made progress through the CTO body advancing it further with the help of a retrograde injection.
  • The wire appeared to be within the vessel architecture nonetheless following a deflecting trajectory.
  • Escalation of the wire for a Gaia Second that finds a better position but was still subintimal.
  • Redirecting the Gaia Second towards the intraluminal space followed by microcatheter advancement.
  • De-escalation back to the Fielder XT-R that finds the intraluminal space.
  • Exchange of the Fielder XT-R for a Sion blue wire followed by trapping and retrieving of microcatheter.
  • Pre-dilatation of the occlusion body by a 3.0 mm balloon was performed.
  • Stenting of the ostial RCA using 3.5x48 mm stent was followed by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) which confirmed a long subintimal path after the distal edge of the stent with a typical image of an extraplaque path with a well apposed stent proximally.
  • Additional stenting at the extraplaque level using a 3.5x20 mm stent was performed.
  • The final angiographic end-result showed a satisfactory result.

 

 

 

 

Bibliography

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Shooting date : 2024-04-09
Last update : 2024-04-09
Paul Knaapen
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mohamed Ayoub
Bad Oeynhausen, Germany

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