Jean-Francois Surmely, MD

Case Report

Contact Wire Technique: A Possible Strategy for Parallel Wire Techniques

08/01/2008

Successful recanalization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) improves left ventricular function1 and survival.2 There are, however, several difficulties with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for CTO (CTOPCI). Failure to cross the...

Successful recanalization of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Original Contribution

New Concept for CTO Recanalization Using Controlled Antegrade and Retrograde Subintimal Tracking: The CART Technique

08/01/2008

Mutsuo Nakayama , MD;

Akitsugu Oida , MD;

Eijiro Hattori , MD;

Shigeru Nakamura , MD;

Etsuo Tsuchikane , MD, PhD;

Osamu Katoh , MD;

Takahiko Suzuki , MD;

Yasunori Nishida , MD;

Jean-Francois Surmely , MD;

Percutaneous treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains one of the major challenges in interventional cardiology. Recent data have shown that successful percutaneous recanalization of coronary CTOs results in improved...

Percutaneous treatment of...

08/01/2008

Journal of Invasive Cardiology