Abstract
Treatment of coronary CTO remains a technical challenge in contemporary PCI. The major limitation of the procedure is the inability to pass a guidewire across the CTO. A new OCR guidewire system has demonstrated clinical potential for navigating through CTO; in addition, the system is now coupled with RF energy for facilitating guidewire crossing through highly resistant hard total occlusive lesions. This device might offer new horizon for PCI to CTOs which would not have been attempted before.
Recommended Citation
William Ng, Wai-Hong Chen, Pui-Yin Lee, Chu-Pak Lau, Radiofrequency Wire & New Technique for the Treatment of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology 2003;11(1) https://doi.org/10.55503/2790-6744.1137
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