Use of dual-lumen microcatheter pullback injection in complex percutaneous coronary intervention.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
; 104(4): 755-758, 2024 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
Dual-lumen microcatheters (DLMC) are utilized in challenging wiring scenarios as well as for contrast and medication injections. Nonetheless, lesion characterization remains extremely challenging in many cases. We describe a DLMC-facilitated technique which can assist in locating the distal anastomosis while navigating an occluded bypass graft during retrograde chronic total occlusion recanalization, as well as in the differential diagnosis of abrupt vessel closure. This "DLMC Pullback Injection" technique is performed by injecting contrast through the over-the-wire port of the DLMC, while the latter is quickly pulled back across the region of interest in a dynamic fashion. We believe this technique has the potential to solve challenging scenarios and to enrich the complex percutaneous coronary intervention operator's armamentarium.
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Catheter Cardiovasc Interv
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CARDIOLOGIA
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