Why the study?
Does a real-time aspiration-enabled dual over-the-wire microcatheter improve success rates of the parallel wire technique in chronic total occlusion PCI?
Population
Patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Design
Other
Key result
A real-time aspiration-enabled dual over-the-wire microcatheter enhances the parallel wire technique in chronic total occlusion PCI by mitigating subintimal hematoma expansion.
Authors
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May enhance parallel wire success in CTO PCI by limiting hematoma; hypothesis-generating pending randomized trials.
Does a real-time aspiration-enabled dual over-the-wire microcatheter improve success rates of the parallel wire technique in chronic total occlusion PCI?
A real-time aspiration-enabled dual over-the-wire microcatheter may enhance the parallel wire technique in CTO PCI by addressing subintimal hematoma expansion.
Zhong et al. (2026) studied this question. A real-time aspiration-enabled dual over-the-wire microcatheter enhances the parallel wire technique in chronic total occlusion PCI by mitigating subintimal hematoma expansion.
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