Limited antegrade subintimal tracking (LAST) is technique used for crossing chronic total occlusions (CTO) with a guide wire prior to balloon angioplasty
J-CTO score for prediction of wire crossing in CTO (chronic total occlusion) of native coronary arteries in 30 minutes from multi centre CTO registy of Japan
Polygon of confluence in IVUS is confluence of left main coronary artery (LMCA), left circumflex (LCX) and left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery
Proximal optimisation technique (POT) is post dilatation of the proximal portion of the stent in the main vessel, done after kissing balloon dilatation in bifurcation lesions.
Coronary guide catheter and PTCA balloon inflation at OM lesion Inflation of PTCA balloon positioned across the stenosis of obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex coronary artery.
Floppy guide wire in obtuse marginal branch of left circumflex coronary artery Floppy guide wire in obtuse marginal lesion Left coronary angiogram in RAO caudal view showing tight
Black hole seen on IVUS in coronary restenosis Black holes are sonolucent areas within areas of restenosis seen on intravascular ultrasound. Regions near the IVUS catheter and towards
Instent restenosis after PCI Instent restenosis is often asymptomatic. One third of cases of instent restenosis can present with acute coronary syndrome and is sometimes quoted as an
Acute vessel closure after balloon angioplasty Common causes of acute vessel closure after balloon angioplasty are: Dissection of the vessel intima during balloon inflation Recoil of the vessel