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Update : July 03, 2009
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A successfully treated CTO case with the reverse CART technique using epicardial corkscrew-like collateral channel
- Operators: Hidetsugu Sakai, MD
- Relevant clinical history and physical exam: A 66-year old man was admitted with frequent chest pain. He had been already diagnosed as old inferior myocardial infarction, because CAG showed CTO of proximal RCA 12 years ago. He was ex-smoker and had a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
-Relevant test results prior to catheterization: The ECG showed pathologic Q-wave of inferior leads...........
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Simultaneous antegrade and retrograde approach for a CTO lesion,
so called “Double-team strategy”
- Operator: Yoshihiro Morino, MD
A 71 year-old man was admitted due to silent ischemia. He had no chest discomfort but the thallium scan revealed reversible perfusion defect on posteroinferior wall. His risk factors were diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
Right coronary angiogram showed CTO from mid to distal RCA and received grade III collateral from LCA. Lesion characteristics were long lesion............
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Retrograde Wiring Approach Including the CART Techniques
- Relevant clinical history and physical exam: A 66-year old man was admitted with frequent chest pain. He had been already diagnosed as old inferior myocardial infarction, because CAG showed CTO of proximal RCA 12 years ago. He was ex-smoker and had a history of diabetes mellitus and hypertension. 
A 71 year-old man was admitted due to silent ischemia. He had no chest discomfort but the thallium scan revealed reversible perfusion defect on posteroinferior wall. His risk factors were diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
