Table 5.
Crossing strategies and equipment utilization.
| Successful antegrade wiring (n=433) | |
|---|---|
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| Guidewire that crossed | |
| Pilot 200 | 36 |
| Fielder XT | 19 |
| Fielder FC | 5 |
| Confianza Pro 12 | 11 |
| Runthrough | 8 |
| BMW | 5 |
| Other | 16 |
|
| |
| Successful Retrograde (n=273) | |
|
| |
| Collaterals used* | |
| Septal (%) | 51 |
| Epicardial (%) | 29 |
| Bypass graft – SVG (%) | 17 |
| Bypass – LIMA (%) | 2 |
|
| |
| Crossing techniques* | |
| Reverse CART (%) | 67 |
| Retrograde true-to-true lumen (%) | 19 |
| CART (%) | 4 |
| Knuckle Wire (%) | 6 |
| Kissing Wire (%) | 2 |
| Just marker (%) | 3 |
|
| |
| Successful antegrade dissection/re-entry (n=243) | |
|
| |
| Subintimal crossing (%) | 74 |
| True lumen crossing (%) | 25 |
|
| |
| Successful dissection technique | |
| CrossBoss (%) | 63 |
| Knuckle Wire (%) | 28 |
| Antegrade wire entered subintimally (%) | 9 |
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| Successful re-entry technique | |
| Stingray system (%) | 79 |
| STAR (%) | 11 |
| LAST (%) | 3 |
| Other (%) | 7 |
*
More than one collaterals or crossing techniques were used in some cases
CART, controlled antegrade and retrograde tracking and dissection; LAST, limited antegrade subintimal tracking; LIMA, lateral internal mammary artery; STAR, subintimal tracking and re-entry; SVG, saphenous vein graft.