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ArticleJACC. Case reports2025

Septal Collaterals in a Chronic Total Occlusion.

Panagiotis Varelas, Konstantinos Manousopoulos, Konstantinos Filippou, Dimitrios Karelas, Ioannis Papadopoulos, Ioannis Tsiafoutis

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Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Panagiotis VarelasCardiology Department, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Korgialenio-Benakio, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: pvarelas@outlook.com.
Konstantinos ManousopoulosCardiology Department, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Korgialenio-Benakio, Athens, Greece.
Konstantinos FilippouCardiology Department, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Korgialenio-Benakio, Athens, Greece.
Dimitrios KarelasCardiology Department, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Korgialenio-Benakio, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis PapadopoulosCardiology Department, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Korgialenio-Benakio, Athens, Greece.
Ioannis TsiafoutisCardiology Department, Hellenic Red Cross Hospital Korgialenio-Benakio, Athens, Greece.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivePercutaneous coronary intervention of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) should be considered in patients with angina or with documented ischemia. We present a patient with angina and stress echocardiography positive for ischemia in the anterior wall. KEY STEPS: The coronary angiography revealed a CTO in the left anterior descending artery, and a percutaneous approach was decided. The antegrade dissection reentry was unsuccessful. Retrogradely, through the ipsilateral septal collaterals, a SUOH wire was successfully advanced distally to the CTO. Externalization of the RG3 was successful, and the antegrade microcatheter was advanced inside the distal septal. Successful percutaneous coronary intervention of the left anterior descending artery was performed. POTENTIAL PITFALLS: Ping pong technique was not used, making the procedure challenging for equipment delivery. TAKE-HOME MESSAGES: One injection, one solution technique can be applied in selected cases with ipsilateral septal collaterals. Careful evaluation of the coronary anatomy before the procedure is mandatory.

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cardiovascular diseasechronic heart failurecoronary angiographyintravascular ultrasoundmyocardial ischemiamyocardial revascularizationpercutaneous coronary intervention

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PMCPMC12789749

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