Successful re-entry using the outback® elite catheter via retrograde popliteal access with IVUS guidance for femoropopliteal occlusion: a case report

CVIR Endovascular

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Hayakawa, Naoki¹  Kodera, Satoshi²  Arakawa, Masataka¹  Kanda, Junji¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Asahi General Hospital;Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo Hospital

关键词: Endovascular therapy;    Outback;    Retrograde approach;    Chronic total occlusion;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42155-020-00156-9

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

There are still cases that are difficult to treat for femoropopliteal chronic total occlusion (CTO). The Outback® Elite catheter is effective re-entry device to treat such kind of difficult cases, however, it might be difficult to use the Outback® Elite catheter antegradely in cases with severely calcified lesions. In this case, we performed EVT using the Outback Elite® catheter via the retrograde popliteal approach. We report a case of a 77-year-old male with end-stage renal disease who presented with pain and cyanosis of his left foot. Control angiography showed total occlusion from the middle of the left superficial femoral artery to the proximal portion of the popliteal artery. The CTO lesion was severely calcified, which prevented the antegrade advancement of any guidewire. Retrograde popliteal puncture was performed with the patient in the supine position. After intentional retrograde subintimal wiring, the Outback® Elite catheter was advanced via the retrograde approach after the identification of a suitable re-entry site using intravascular ultrasound. After wire crossing, one nitinol stent was deployed and sufficient antegrade flow was achieved without any complications. Using Outback® Elite from retrograde should be considered in cases where antegrade advancement fails and bidirectional wiring cannot pass through the CTO lesion.

【 授权许可】

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