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1.8 Antegrade Approach Revisited
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4. Plaques in the entire target vessel: The presence/properties of plaques in the entire target vessel, as well as at the occlu­sion, inuence selection of the subsequent PCI strategy.
When treating a CTO that has been crossed through the true lumen, the important considerations are the same as those when treating a non-occluded lesion and should include (1) the need for rotablation, (2) the need for a Lacrosse NSE balloon, (3) the preference for a high­pressure balloon, (4) the need to protect the distal coro­nary artery, (5) the need to protect any side branch, (6) the need for bifurcation stenting, (7) the need for ostial stent­ing, and (8) the optimal size of each device.
5. Side branch at the CTO: If there is a large side branch at the occluded segment, you should attempt to isolate the branch by using a Crusade catheter or under IVUS guid­ance, provided that the IVUS catheter has been intro­duced into the true lumen, the ostium of the side branch is not severely calcied, and the side branch is visible on IVUS (Fig.1.208). If the side branch cannot be isolated and if there is a collateral channel leading to the branch, you should also perform retrograde PCI for the occluded side branch. You should introduce a retrograde guidewire into the antegrade guiding catheter to eventually accom­plish stenting of the bifurcation lesion.
6. Bifurcation distal to the CTO: If the vessel undergoes bifurcation at the distal end of the occlusion, even an
antegrade guidewire in the true lumen of the main ves­sel (or side branch) may not easily enter the distal lumen of the side branch (or main vessel) (Fig.1.209). If a guidewire that was tracking in the subintimal space or in plaque distal to the branching point has gone into the true lumen, the intima of the main vessel (or side branch) may close the ostium of the side branch (or main vessel), precluding isolation of the side branch by antegrade wiring.
Under such circumstances, you should take the following
measures:
• Dilate the occluded vessel with a scoring balloon (e.g., a Lacrosse NSE balloon) to make longitudinal cracks in the intima of the main vessel (or side branch). Such cracks may possibly extend to the intima of the side branch (or main vessel), facilitating side branch isolation through a Crusade catheter.
• Manipulate a CTO stiff guidewire through a Crusade catheter to penetrate the plaque and enter the side branch (or main vessel) (Fig.1.210).
• Approach the side branch retrogradely via any collateral channel that is available (Fig.1.211).
• Use the reverse wire technique (Fig.1.212).
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de
Fig. 1.208 CTO of the proximal LAD.It was difcult to identify the ostium of the side branch on CAG (a, b).An IVUS catheter was advanced
to the side branch to identify its ostium (c), leading to successful wiring of the branch (d, e)
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b
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Fig. 1.209 Short CTO of the LAD (a). A guidewire has crossed the
CTO through a subintimal space and enlarged it, so a stent implanted in the lumen may occlude the side branch indicated by arrows (b). Dilation
of the main trunk by a Lacrosse NSE balloon (c) resulted in successful entry into the side branch (d)
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Fig. 1.210 CTO of the LCX (a). After a Gaia First guidewire had suc-
cessfully crossed the CTO, the ostium of the side branch indicated by a white dotted line was closed by plaque, and it was difcult to pass a
guidewire (b). A Gaia Second guidewire penetrated the plaque obstruct­ing the entry to the side branch (c)
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Fig. 1.211 CTO of the LCX (a). After failure to advance an antegrade guidewire into a side branch, retrograde tracking of a collateral channel
from the LAD led to successful wiring of the side branch (b & c)
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Fig. 1.212 CTO of the LCX (a). After a guidewire crossed the CTO (b), the reverse wire technique was used for isolation and wiring of the side
branch (c)
1.8.3 Retry forTracking theTrue Lumen
While keeping an IVUS catheter on a guidewire without a stiff tip, you should use a CTO stiff guidewire with a tip load equal or higher than that of the Gaia Second. Before IVUS- guided wiring, you should position the IVUS catheter so that the transducer is between the true and false lumens. When a guidewire is advanced into the false lumen previously enlarged by a balloon, it always goes along the larger curvature at a bend in the vessel. Since the true lumen must be on the smaller curvature of the bend, you should orient the tip of the crossing guidewire medially at the bend and use IVUS to confirm that the tip is oriented toward the true lumen. Then you should slightly advance the guidewire and use IVUS to confirm that the tip is moving toward the true lumen. After the guidewire enters the true lumen, you should also advance the IVUS catheter to monitor the course of the wire and confirm that it is inside the true lumen. After confirming this point, you should advance the guidewire slightly further to explore the correct direction and also advance the IVUS catheter to confirm the position of the guidewire tip. This method of tracking the true lumen is the same as the technique for antegrade IVUS-guided wiring of the false lumen, with the important difference that there is no risk of further enlarging the false lumen since its internal pressure has been reduced by creation
and dilation of a channel connecting it to the distal true lumen. Tracking the true lumen across the entire route from entrance to exit of the occlusion can also be moni­tored by IVUS.
However, the initial subintimal tracking process often
takes considerable time, which then limits the radiation expo­sure and time available for further interventions. In patients with RCA occlusion, an attempt to achieve true lumen track­ing is usually only made for CTOs in Segments #1–3 if a long false lumen has previously been tracked within a rela­tively short time.
After a guidewire enters the true lumen of a side branch at
an occlusion, you may be unable to advance another guide­wire into the true lumen of the main vessel by the parallel wire technique. If the main vessel cannot be approached retrogradely in this situation, tracking the true lumen under IVUS guidance is the only remaining way to cross the CTO to the distal true lumen (see Fig.1.128).
1.8.4 From Pre-dilatation toStenting
andPost-dilatation
When performing the steps from pre-dilatation onward, several factors inuence the PCI strategy and determine the optimum devices to use, as well as the optimum balloon type, size, and ination pressure.
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Such factors may include the following: (1) whether the CTO was crossed through the true or false lumen, (2) the length of subintimal tracking if the lesion was partly crossed via each lumen, (3) whether the occlusion is tapered or not, (4) calcication of the lesion, (5) the presence of plaque with attenuation, (6) negative remodeling of the occluded vessel, and (7) whether the occlusion involves a bifurcation.
1. If the CTO was crossed through the true lumen, the fac-
tors from onward should be considered. If the CTO was crossed through a false lumen, the only option is a simple PCI strategy consisting of balloon angioplasty and stenting, although additional care is needed for an occlusion involving a bifurcation.
2. If the CTO was crossed through both lumens with subin-
timal tracking for a very short distance, you can apply the same strategy as that employed after tracking the true lumen through the entire occlusion. However, you should limit the size of a Rotablator burr to 1.5mm, and the ination pressure of a Lacrosse NSE balloon in the false lumen should be limited to 4–6atm.
3. A tapered CTO can be treated in the same manner as a
non-occluded lesion. Briey, the entire lesion should be pre-dilated with a balloon of compatible size to the diameter of the distal true lumen where a stent will be implanted. Then the proximal part of the occlusion should be additionally pre-dilated with a high-pressure balloon or scoring balloon of compatible size to the proximal vessel.
4. If the lesion shows calcication severe enough to pre-
vent the entry of a balloon catheter or has extensive circumferential calcication, rotablation is often chosen. A lesion that is less severely calcied should be dilated with a scoring balloon (e.g., a Lacrosse NSE balloon), while a lesion that is mainly affected by brosis should be pre-dilated with a high-pressure balloon.
5. If there are extensive plaques showing attenuation, a l-
ter device should be placed to protect the vessel distal to the occlusion.
It is often difcult for the Filtrap (lter) to pass through an occlusion if it has only been dilated by a small balloon. If so, an aspiration catheter should be used to assist delivery to the distal segment.
If it is hard to advance the aspiration catheter through the occlusion, a microcatheter with a large lumen should be used together with a Parachute (lter) guidewire.
6. In patients with CTO, the occluded segment or the artery distal to the occlusion often shows negative remodeling. If the distal segment has undergone marked shrinkage, it
should be dilated by inating a balloon 0.5mm larger than the vessel diameter at a low pressure such as 2atm.
If negative remodeling is only partial, the vessel should be dilated by slowly inating a balloon of com­patible size to the diameter of the vessel proximal and distal to the remodeled region. I increase the balloon ination pressure at the rate of 1atm per second once the pressure has reached 4atm because rapid ination of a balloon to dilate the vessel is generally more likely to cause dissection.
7. If there is a branch vessel just proximal to the CTO: Myocardial infarction resulting from occlusion of a side branch proximal to the CTO should be prevented when­ever possible. If occlusion of a side branch might result in infarction, the branch should be protected from occlu­sion with a guidewire even if it is small. If balloon angioplasty or stenting of the CTO will cause stenosis of the side branch, the kissing balloon ination (KBI) should be adopted.
A relatively large side branch should be treated by stenting plus the KBI to dilate the main vessel proximal to the branch. If the proximal segment has a large diam­eter so that the struts of the implanted stent cannot approximate the vessel wall, the proximal optimization technique (POT) should be performed followed by the KBI (refer to Chap. 2. “Stenting of Bifurcation Lesions”).
8. If there is a branch vessel just distal to the CTO: Typically, this scenario is encountered when the distal RCA bifurcates to form the posterior descending branch and the atrioventricular branch, when a diagonal branch originates from the LAD, and when the posterolateral branch (Segment #14) arises from the distal LCX (Segment #13). If a guidewire crossed through the true lumen of the CTO at the branching point, stenting should be done by the KBI, or culotte stenting should be performed.
If a guidewire crossed through the subintimal space at the branching point and if provisional T-stenting of the main trunk may prevent guidewire entry into the side branch, modied T-stenting may be performed.
9. If a guidewire involving a bifurcation crossed through the subintimal space, provisional T-stenting is also dif­cult, so modied T-stenting should be performed.
10. A CTO of the LAD ostium is usually treated by implanting stents through the entire LMT and the proximal LAD using the POT and KBI.If the LMT branches into three vessels, the POT should be used with triple KBI.
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Column 11 Distal Protection
If attenuated plaques are extensively distributed within the CTO, the distal coronary artery should be protected against occlusion by plaque debris from the CTO.Among several protection methods, I choose the Filtrap lter. It is very difcult to advance a Filtrap lter past a long CTO along a bare wire. To facilitate delivery of the lter, you should pre-dilate the occlusion with a small balloon around 1.5mm in diameter and advance an aspiration catheter beyond the occlusion.
Even if there is temporary “no ow” after balloon ination before delivering a Filtrap lter, I think that blood ow through the affected vessel often recovers slowly during the next procedure. Lipids trapped by the 100-μm pores of the lter may become fragmented, and small lipid fragments may pass through the lter into the distal vessel. Even so, ST elevation is unlikely to occur after placement of a Filtrap lter because the capillary walls are permeable to many small lipid fragments.
A Parachute lter guidewire can be passed through a microcatheter with a larger diameter. However, this guidewire has a net with relatively large mesh, so it is suitable for trapping large thrombi but not for trapping small lipid particles.
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1.9 Troubleshooting
1.9.1 Guidewire Entrapment
If a guidewire has a tip load equal to or greater than that of a Gaia Second guidewire, its tip often becomes trapped and difcult to withdraw from the CTO, especially after reaching an obstruction. The tip of the guidewire may sometimes be trapped inside severe calcication, but it is usually trapped after the wire enters the tunica media and is advanced through this layer for some distance.
Sometimes the guidewire enters the tunica media and
advances through it, going forward relatively smoothly along the adventitia. In this case, the guidewire can be withdrawn slightly, but may then become trapped so that it cannot be withdrawn further. CTO guidewires have a small curve at the tip, and this may prevent withdrawal of the wire.
A tightly trapped guidewire is difcult to withdraw, so
you should always check whether the tip is free or not by pulling the wire back slightly if it stops advancing. If it is not trapped, you can advance the wire again while exploring to nd the right direction. If advancement of the guidewire is blocked in a certain direction, you should never attempt to force it forward in that direction, but should check whether the guidewire can be withdrawn. If you cannot nd a route through the CTO without the guidewire becoming trapped, you should suspect that it has been blocked by a hard obstruc­tion within the true lumen and has deviated into the subinti­mal space. Therefore, you should exchange the guidewire for another with a higher tip load.
In this way, you can generally avoid tight entrapment of
a guidewire. Despite these precautions, it may sometimes be
difcult to withdraw the guidewire. If this happens, never attempt to forcibly pull the guidewire back or rotate it exces­sively in the same direction, because this may lead to fracture of the core of the wire.
If entrapment occurs, the best option is to perform 6 to 8 to-and-fro rotations of the guidewire while pulling back slightly. You may also need to wait patiently for spontane­ous release of a trapped guidewire after administration of a coronary vasodilator such as a nitrate.
If the guidewire becomes trapped, you should advance the microcatheter while pulling the wire back slightly. Then the microcatheter will often enter the occlusion and reach the site where the wire is trapped. Advancing the microcatheter to the trapping point in this way provides optimal support for the guidewire, allowing secure to-and-fro rotation of the wire.
However, the proximal brous cap of a CTO may some­times be hard enough to prevent penetration or advancement of the microcatheter. In this situation, you will also have to pull the microcatheter back while performing to-and-fro rotation, but you must not pull strongly in order to avoid fracture of the wire core. The tip of the guidewire is prone to deformation, so the frequency and angle of rotation should be reduced to prevent unnecessary deformation. Even if the guidewire cannot be withdrawn despite these efforts, never pull it back forcibly or rotate it excessively in the same direction.
1.9.1.1 If aTrapped Guidewire Cannot
BeWithdrawn
If a guidewire cannot be withdrawn after trying the above­mentioned maneuvers for several minutes, it may be a good
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idea to wait for reversal of vasospasm of smooth muscle caused by the wire. You should advance another guidewire by the same approach or the contralateral approach, aiming to achieve direct crossing of the CTO while simultaneously making preparations for bailout. If the guidewire remains trapped for a long time, you should attempt the following bailout procedure:
If an antegrade guidewire has been trapped, one of the most likely solutions is to advance another guidewire by the parallel wire technique and enlarge the space where the rst wire is trapped by inating a balloon (Fig.1.213).
Crossing the occlusion with a retrograde guidewire and then enlarging an adjacent space with an antegrade balloon is an acceptable variation of the above method (Fig.1.214). In some cases, you may attempt the reverse CART tech­nique and use the antegrade guidewire for ballooning (Fig.1.215).
Entrapment of a retrograde guidewire is a more serious problem because it is very difcult to recover a guidewire if its core is ruptured and the spring coil is stretched. A guide­wire is often trapped after its advancement has been blocked by an obstruction. If advancement of a retrograde guidewire is blocked, you should attempt to pull it back slightly as soon as possible. If the guidewire cannot be withdrawn at all, you should continue to pull back slightly while perform­ing to- and- fro rotation until it moves. If you still cannot free the wire even after administration of a nitrate, you should advance another guidewire antegradely toward the distal true lumen by the kissing wire or parallel wire technique until it is distal to the entrapment point. Even if the antegrade guide­wire cannot reach the distal true lumen, if you can enlarge a space near the entrapment point by advancing a balloon over the antegrade wire, you should be able to withdraw the trapped retrograde guidewire and accomplish reverse CART.
Fig. 1.213 Guidewire entrapment. In a patient with CTO of the proxi-
mal RCA (a), direct antegrade crossing of the occlusion was attempted with a Gaia Second guidewire using the anchor balloon technique because the guiding catheter provided poor backup. However, the guidewire tip became trapped and its core fractured, leaving the spring
coil in the occlusion (b). To recover this part of the fractured wire, a Conquest Pro guidewire was advanced along the rst guidewire, and then a balloon catheter was also advanced to that point. After a space was created by inating the balloon, the spring coil was successfully recovered using a snare
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Fig. 1.214 Solution for guidewire entrapment. (a) Cross the occlusion
with a retrograde guidewire. (b) After you achieve access for a balloon, advance a balloon to near the point of entrapment, and inate it to enlarge the space. This may help to free the tip of the guidewire and permit its withdrawal
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1.9.1.2 If theGuidewire Core Is Fractured
andtheSpring Coil Is Stretched
With regard to the products made by Asahi Intecc, guide­wires in the Miracle series are unlikely to become trapped because the diameter of the tip is the same as that of the shaft (0.014), providing a large torque, and because the tightly wound spring coil allows these wires to tolerate rotation even in the muscular layer or in calcied plaque.
Gaia and Conquest Pro guidewires are more likely to become trapped because they have a tapered tip (0.009 to
0.011) and thus a smaller torque. In particular, fracture of the core of the wire is likely to occur if Gaia guidewires are rotated repeatedly because the tip shaft is not stiff and the spring coil is not wound tightly. While wires in the Conquest Pro series are also susceptible to trapping, fracture of the core is less likely because these guidewires have a stiff core and tightly wound spring coil.
If the core of a guidewire is fractured, the guidewire can be pulled back with almost no resistance by applying a slight force that is sufcient to stretch the spring coil. Never completely withdraw a guidewire, even if it can be pulled back easily. If the proximal part of the stretched spring coil snaps and remains inside the guiding catheter, it is difcult to recover this part of the guidewire with a snare.
Fig. 1.215 Solution for guidewire entrapment. Perform the reverse
CART technique, and inate a balloon at the point of entrapment. This may help to free the tip of the guidewire and permit its withdrawal
1.9.1.3 Recovering aSpring Coil Connected
totheProximal Guidewire Shaft
If possible, you should enlarge the space around the trapped tip of the guidewire by inating a balloon introduced along another guidewire (Fig.1.216a & b). If you cannot advance another guidewire or inate a balloon, you should advance a snare along the spring coil as far as possible before attempt­ing to capture the spring coil with the snare and withdraw it (Fig.1.216c). If a GuideLiner catheter is advanced along the stretched spring coil to near the proximal end of the occlu­sion, it will provide good support to the distal portion of the spring coil and facilitate its recovery.
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Fig. 1.216 Recovering a guidewire after rupture of the core (a). (b)
Advance a balloon along another guidewire and inate it. (c) Advance a snare as far as possible to capture the ruptured guidewire and with­draw it
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Fig. 1.217 Recovering a guidewire after rupture of the core and
fracture of the shaft. It is difcult to capture the damaged guidewire with a snare inside the guiding catheter. Therefore, you should inate a balloon to anchor the spring coil within the guiding catheter and then withdraw the guidewire together with the whole PCI system
1.9.1.4 If theProximal Part oftheSpring Coil Has Become Separated fromtheGuidewire Shaft
In this situation, a guidewire cannot be used to advance a snare. The separated spring coil (due to its neness, softness, and winding shape) contacts the wall of the guiding cath­eter over a large area, so attempts to capture the spring coil with a snare inside the guiding catheter often fail as the snare just pushes the coil aside and cannot be advanced beyond its proximal end. However, you can advance a guidewire or a small balloon through the guiding catheter beyond the spring coil. Therefore, you should be able to inate a balloon about
2.5mm in diameter near the tip of the guiding catheter at a
pressure of not less than 10atm and then withdraw the guide­wire together with the guiding catheter (Fig.1.217).
1.9.1.5 If aStretched Spring Coil Has Escaped fromtheGuiding Catheter
While conrming the position of the proximal end of the spring coil by uoroscopy, you should advance a large (15mm) snare from the guiding catheter and catch the proximal end of the coil with the loop of the snare (Fig.1.218). After capturing the coil with the snare, you should advance the guiding catheter to the ostium of the coronary artery. As mentioned above, you should then inate a balloon inside the guiding catheter near the coro­nary ostium and withdraw the spring coil together with the guiding catheter.
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Fig. 1.218 Recovering a spring coil that has escaped from the guiding
catheter. While conrming the position of the proximal end of the spring coil, capture it with a large snare and pull it into the guiding catheter. Inate a balloon within the guiding catheter to anchor the coil and then withdraw it together with the PCI system
1.9.2 Perforation by theGuidewire
Coronary artery perforation by the guidewire tip most com­monly occurs with CTO crossing guidewires. To prevent this complication, you should take the following precautions when performing PCI for CTO:
1. Once an antegrade guidewire has crossed the CTO, do not advance it much further.
2. Do not vibrate a balloon while advancing it.
3. Once a microcatheter has crossed the CTO, immediately exchange the guidewire for a non-tapered spring coil guidewire with a lower tip load and moderate slipperiness.
4. After inating a crossing balloon, promptly exchange the balloon catheter for a microcatheter, and also exchange the guidewire for another wire (using a Kusabi catheter rather than an extension wire for the safety).
Use a non-tapered spring coil guidewire in the main vessel.
While advancing the guidewire beyond a branching point in the proximal segment, you should carefully monitor the posi­tion of its tip as the guidewire may go too far or deviate into a side branch and cause perforation of the smaller vessel. If the guidewire causes perforation despite these precautions, you should take the following measures to achieve hemostasis:
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1. Administer protamine intravenously to neutralize about half of the antithrombin effect of heparin (if 10,000units of heparin was administered, the initial dose of protamine should be 50mg [10,000 ÷ 200]). If the activated clotting time (ACT) becomes about 120 to 150seconds, further doses of protamine are not required.
2. If hemorrhage originates from a small side branch, place a balloon of a size compatible with the diameter of the distal coronary artery segment in the main vessel across the branching point, and inate it at 2–4 atm (Figs.1.219a & 1.220). Conrm the absence of ante­grade hemorrhage, and keep the balloon inated for 5–10minutes.
3. If the main vessel has been perforated directly, place a balloon in the lumen at the site of hemorrhage, and inate it at a low pressure for a long period as explained above (Figs.1.219b, 1.220, & 1.221).
4. During balloon ination, ush the guiding catheter and the dilated coronary artery with heparinized saline every 1–2minutes to prevent thrombus formation.
5. Hemostasis can usually be achieved by measures (2) or (3). If hemostasis cannot be obtained with these mea­sures, repeat prolonged balloon ination. If hemostasis is still not achieved, but blood loss is decreasing, repeat pro­longed balloon ination again. To prevent thrombus for­mation, continue to perform measure (4) without fail until hemostasis is achieved.
6. In rare cases, even prolonged balloon ination will fail to obtain hemostasis, and delivery of a hemostatic plug through a microcatheter will be required. The following can serve as a hemostatic plug: (1) a blood clot formed by arterial puncture, (2) subcutaneous fat, (3) hemo­static material such as Spongel, and (4) a coil. To deliver a blood clot or a block of subcutaneous fat into the bleeding vessel, inject it by using saline mixed with an equal volume of contrast medium. Both a blood clot and subcutaneous fat will oat in an equal mixture of saline and contrast medium. Inject the hemostatic plug oating in saline/contrast medium into a microcatheter through a syringe with the hub kept upward, and stop injection when the bleeding vessel can be imaged for a distance of several millimeters. Withdraw the micro­catheter until its tip reaches the site where sufcient backow of blood is detected, and slowly perform tip injection to conrm hemostasis. If tip injection is too rapid, it may push the hemostatic plug away and lead to recurrent bleeding, whereas uncontrolled hemorrhage may be missed if the microcatheter reduces the distal perfusion pressure and tip injection is too slow. Final CAG should be performed via the guiding catheter after placing the tip of the guidewire in the side branch or in the proximal segment and after pulling the microcathe­ter back sufciently.