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138 PART IV Wires Technique
LAO 60°RAO 30°
LAO 60°
RAO 30°
t
degrees clockwise
(1) Thewireisdivided into shaft and tip sections
CTO in the mid RCA
Initial wring screen
Guidewire
(3)“The object (shaft or tip) is alwaysinfront(behind)onthe next imageafterrotationifthe object is in thesame(opposite)direction
as the rotationaldirectionof the X-raydetector.”,and simplied,“thesame is in frontand theoppositeisbehind”.
Shaft: Thedirectionofthe shaftin relationtothe target is assessed Then it is determined whether thedirection of the shaft on theinitial monitorscreen is in the same rotational directionas the detector in aneutral direction,orthe opposite direction.
(4) Z axis information on the shaft and tip is applied on the screen after rotation, and a 3D image is constructed.
Vessel
Shaft
Tip
Target
RAO 30°
Opposite
Shaft (at the left of the target)
Perpendicular screen
LAO 60°
Direction of detector rotation (to the right)
On theZaxisin this screen, the shaft is behind thetarget
Behind
(2)An imagesinwhich an operator views from thedetector is created. In this example, thedetectorismoved to theright from therst direction (RAO30º) to thenext direction(LAO 60º).
Direction of the
detector rotation
RAO 30°
Tip: It is simply determined whether the direction of the apex of the tip
on the initial monitor screen is in the same rotational direction as the detector, in a neutral direction, or the opposite direction.
Z axis information on the shaft and tip is applied on the rotated screen (LAO 60°), and 3D mental image is created.
(to the right)
Same
Tip(directing to the right)
Direction of detector rotation (to the right)
LAO 60°
On theZaxisin this screen, the tipisdirectedtothe fron
Front
Initial wiring screen Perpendicular (90 degrees) screen
Shaft
Tip
Behind
Front
Vessel
Target
RAO 30 °
Based on the 3D mental image thus created, the wire(torque) is rotated 45 and pin-point penetration is conducted
Behind
Front
LAO 60 °
Clockwise 45°
pin-point
penetration
Figure 16.5 How to construct a 3D image from 2 orthogonal fluoroscopic observations using the 3D imaging rule.
monitor screen. In short, the operator has the same view as the detector. Once this image is created, movement of the detector from left to right and from up to down is translated into the image on the monitor also moving from left to right and from up to down. (3) Then a 3D image is constructed using the 3D image rule. To assess the positional relationship of the guidewire shaft to the target, its depth (Z axis) is determined. It is determined whether the optional relationship of the guidewire shaft to the target on the screen is in the same rotational direction as the detector, in a neutral direction, or the opposite direction. For example, Figure 16.5 shows the
guidewire located to the left of the target on the monitor in the 30-degree RAO view. To obtain the 60-degree LAO view (perpendicular to the previous view), the detector should be moved to the right (to the right side of the monitor). In accordance with the 3D imaging rule, after rotation of the detector to the 60-degree LAO view, the shaft is positioned behind the target on the screen. The same rule can be applied for the tip of the guidewire. It is determined whether the direction of the tip of the guidewire on the initial monitor screen is in the same rotational direction as the detector, in a neutral direction, or the opposite direction. In Figure 16.5, the tip is
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Figure 16.6 One more illustration: How to construct a 3D image from 2 orthogonal fluoroscopic observations using the 3D imaging rule.
directed to the right on the monitor in the RAO 30-degree view. Next, the detector is moved to the right (to the right side of the monitor) for observation in the LAO 60-degree view. Since the direction of the tip is directed to the right and is in the same rotational direction as the detector, the apex of the tip is facing toward the operator on the monitor in the 60-degree LAO view. (4) Finally, using the monitor image in the 60-degree LAO view, 3D image is created from the above-mentioned Z axis information on the wire shaft and tip. The guidewire is rotated carefully, and pin-point penetration is conducted.
This method is explained again in Figure 16.6 [4]. The guidewire is manipulated while viewing the initial screen. As can be seen in Figure 16.6, when the detector is moved to the right, the first screen shows that the shaft of the guidewire positioned at the left side (reverse direction) of the target and the tip is directed to the right (same direction). Consequently, in the next 9 patterns of the perpendicular screen, the shaft of the guidewire (Z axis) is located behind the target and the wire tip is located in front of it (Figure
16.6A). If the detector is moved to the left, the Z axis always becomes opposite (Figure 16.6B).
Note that the targets of 3D wiring include not only the final target but also the sequential targets on the ideal virtual route from 1 cm before the final target, which is the concept of “sequential targets” (Figure
16.7B) [4]. That is, 3D wiring is the method of tracing the ideal route imaged from virtual or visualized vessel walls while recognizing the rotational direction
of a guidewire using the 3D imaging rule to converge the guidewire tip to the final target (Figure 16.7A,
16.7B) [4].
Training of angiography-based 3D wiring using rotational ETOSS model
Angiography-based 3D wiring requires training with a CTO model that can be observed from two orthogonal directions, such as the Rotational ETOSS model (Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.). We show videos demonstrating 2D wiring and 3D wiring using the 3D imaging rule using the Rotational ETOSS model (Figure 16.8) [11]. Please watch our videos in reference 11 (doi: 10.1007/s12928­022-00861-3) and check whether you can understand our manipulation of the 3D wiring using the 3D imaging rule at least in your brain.
Differences in angiography-based 3D wiring between the experimental model and clinical practice
A prerequisite for conducting the 3D wiring tech­nique in clinical practice is that it can first be per­formed in an experimental model. However, even when reproducible wiring can be conducted in an experimental model, CTO lesions vary in clinical practice and there are many occasions in which it is not appropriate to attempt the angiography-based 3D wiring. It is important to understand which lesions are difficult to the angiography-based 3D wiring (Figure 16.9) and to utilize 2D or 3D wiring on case­by-case basis as appropriate.
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A.
Observations from two orthogonal directions 90 degrees apart
Guidewire
Shaft
Tip
Vessel
Target
RAO 30º
LAO 60º
B.
Virtual vessel
1
Shaft
Tip
1 cm
Ideal
route
1
Shaft
Tip
2
3
2
4
Mentally constructed 3D image using the 3D imaging rule
Clockwise 45º
RAO 30º
Figure 16.7 Concept of sequential targets during the angiography-based 3D wiring.
Magnied image of CTO lesion
LAO 60º
40 mm
Final target
Sequential target
Final target; Exit, island or the route imagined from sites of calcication, etc.
Direction of guidewire advancement
Angiographic direction of observation on cross-sectional images
3
4
Video1
5
6
5
6
7
7
6 mm
Demonstration of 2D wiring-1
Final target of inner diameter 0.4 mm
Monitor screen from the rotational camera
Rotational camera
CTO lesion
7F guide catheter
Figure 16.8 Video presentation of angiography-based 2D and 3D wiring in CTO-PCI. Okamura., 2022 / Springer Nature.
Clinical indications for the angiography­based 3D wiring in the antegrade or retrograde approach
The angiography-based 3D wring technique should be used whenever possible in the antegrade approach. Candidate targets include an island of contrast medium in the CTO lesion or a visible exit site and CTO lesions where the course of the vessel can be estimated from coronary artery calcification or from a previous stent in the case of in-stent re-occlusion
(Figure 16.10A). When the retrograde approach is employed, a retrograde wire is positioned as the target and antegrade 3D wiring is conducted. The 3D wiring is generally difficult in retrograde guidewire manipu­lations since the torque of the retrograde wire cannot be maintained. Only when the reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking (CART) technique is performed, an antegrade balloon will be punctured by a retrograde guidewire using the 3D wiring (Figure 16.10B).
Video2
Demonstration of 2D wiring-2
Video3
Demonstration of 3D wiring
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2. No landmark
3. Torque of the wire cannot be maintained
n
4.
1. The wire cannot be advanced by pushing
A. Antegrade approach
B. Retrograde approach
balloon
Exit or island
Retro-wire
Center line of the vessel
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CTO
Misalignment between the guiding catheter and the axis of the lesion
CTO
Figure 16.9
CTO lesions difficult to the angiography-based 3D wiring technique in clinical practice.
Exit or island
CTO
Obscure exit site
CTO
Calcication In-stent restenosis
If the vessel wall is identied, 3D wiring to trace the center line is possible (central wiring).
Obscure CTO route
Retro-wire
Calcication / sever tortuosity of the lesio
CTO
5. Lesion with a false lumen
Sub-intima
Reverse-CART
Ante-balloon
<1cm
Figure 16.10 Targets of 3D wiring technique during the antegrade and retrograde approaches.
Techniques for effective use of the angiography-based 3D wiring technique in clinical practice
1) Maintain back-up support for the guidewire, select a guidewire with sufficient tip load initially, and form only the first curve with 45 degrees and
1.0 mm
The main guidewire manipulation of 3D wiring is to advance the guidewire after the direction of the tip to the target, therefore enough back-up support against the guidewire should be maintained. The guide cath­eter should be at least 7Fr, the microcatheter should
be a Corsair (Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.) to provide enough back-up support and anchoring in a lateral branch should be performed as needed (Figure 16.11A).
When a tapered soft wire such as a XT-R wire (Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.) cannot be advanced any further and the distance to the target is about 1 cm, a Conquest (Confianza) 12g wire with the pre-shape of 45 degrees and 1 mm (Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.) should be chosen. If a guidewire with an insufficient tip load is selected, it cannot be advanced just by pushing and it will have to be rotated, which becomes 2D wiring instead of 3D wiring. After that, if the guidewire is changed to a
<1cm
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mm.
s
A. Enough back -
Anchoring
CTO
Long anti-kinking sheath
Figure 16.11 Techniques for effective use of the 3D wiring technique.
up
for guidewire
Microcrater with an enough back-up force
CTO stiff wire
≥7F Guide ­catheter
Conquest-12g, the CTO tissue has become too fragile to keep the pivot-like movement, making accurate manipulation difficult (Figure 16.11B).
The vessel size of coronary CTO lesions is usually 3–4 mm, and only a small 1st-curve of 1 mm and 45 degrees is formed on a CTO stiff wire (Figure 16.11C). For Conquest (Confianza) wires, 1 mm and 45-degree pre-shape types are available from Asahi Intecc, there­fore use this Conquest pre-shape type.
2) Observe from two orthogonal directions 90 degrees apart as possible as you can
For accurate manipulation of the guidewire under angiographic guidance, it is important to perform obser­vation in 2 optimum directions located perpendicular
B. Earlystepupto
without hesitation
Tapered (0.010 inch) soft wires
CTO intermediate stiff wires Ultimate bros 3, Gladius,
3D
or GAIA families
CTO stiff wires whose tip load is ≥ 9g Conanza 9g,12g, 8-20g GAIA Next 3, 4 (only soft plaque)
(at 90 degrees) to each other whenever possible. However, the direction of the orthogonal observation has been determined based on the operators’ experience. After we began to use computed tomography (CT) True View (Phillips, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) to find out the orthogonal observational direction, we noticed that the direction that was thought to be the direction of the orthogonal observation was incorrect in about half of the sites of coronary arteries.
Figure 16.12 shows perpendicular pairs of detector directions at each site of the coronary tree that can be assessed by angiography, as analyzed with CT True View. As the coronary artery model commonly used in Japanese catheterization laboratories and the actual
CTO stiffwires
Non-3D>3D
C. Small rst-curve
Form a 45 degree-curve with a length of ≤ 1.0 Pre-shape Conquest wire should be used.
GAIA 2nd
Conquest-pro 9g
Bending length : 0.8 mm
•Angulation : 40°
1 mm
Figure 16.12 The direction of the orthogonal observation of the X ray detector at each coronary site.
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coronary artery model made by a 3D printer have dif­ferent coronary artery running, the directions of the orthogonal observation at Seg3, 6, 11, 13 are particu­larly different from those based on experience. In gen­eral, Seg3 is observed from LAO to anteroposterior (AP) caudal views, Seg6 is observed from LAO to RAO at cranial views and Seg11–13 are observed from LAO to RAO at caudal views. However, Seg3 runs horizontally from left to right, and the direction of the orthogonal observation is cranial to caudal at 45-degree LAO view, Seg6 runs horizontally in the front left direction and the direction of the orthogonal observation is cranial to caudal at 45-degree LAO view, and the direction of the orthogonal observation at Seg11–13 is from 30-degree AP caudal to 45-degree LAO view.
Clinical outcomes of the angiography­based 3D wiring technique
We started clinical application of the angiography­based 3D wiring technique at Sakurabashi Wanatabe hospital (Osaka, Japan) in May 2014. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 181 consecutive subjects who received PCI at our hospital from 2014 until 2017 to assess the results of treating CTO before and after adoption of the 3D wiring technique [4]. Patients in whom the CTO was successfully crossed by a tapered soft wire alone were excluded. Among the remaining patients, 69 were assigned to the 3D wiring group (3D group) and 68 patients treated before we adopted the new technique were assigned to the non-3D wiring group (Non-3D group) (Figure 16.13A).
In both groups, approximately 30% of patients were
treated by the retrograde approach. The success rate
of the antegrade approach was significantly higher in the 3D wiring group (Figure 16.13B). In the primary antegrade cases, the first antegrade approach time was significantly shorter in the 3D wiring group than the non-3D wiring group (42
± 29 vs. 30 ± 16 min, respectively; p <0.01) and the success rate of only the antegrade approach was increased from 55% (n = 33 of 60) in the non-3D wiring group to 69% (n = 40 of
58) in the 3D wiring group, but the difference was not significant (Figure 16.13C). Regarding the guide­wires successfully crossing the CTO lesions in the primary antegrade cases, the percentage of Conquest (Confianza) family was slightly higher in the 3D wir­ing group compared with the non-3D wiring group (75% vs. 55%, respectively; p < 0.063) (Figure 16.13D). In contrast to the experimental study, we often faced the clinical cases in which the angiography-based 3D wiring was not effective due to the advancement of guidewires into the subintimal spaces.
AO-IVUS-based 3D wiring technique for intraplaque tracking
Establishment of the real-time IVUS­guided 3D wiring method
Over the past decade, we have established a number of devices and methodologies for standardization of IVUS-guided wiring as the key to maximizing the accuracy of guidewire manipulation in CTO PCI. In 2012, we developed Navifocus WR, the first CTO­specific IVUS, with a small profile and a short distance from the tip to the transducer [1, 2]. We selected Navifocus WR IVUS-guided wiring as much as pos­sible instead of parallel wiring and tried to accurately
Figure 16.13 Retrospective single-center study of angiography-based 3D wiring.
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When boththe shaft andtipofthe guidewire are
n
manipulate the guidewires under the IVUS observa­tion, but we felt that the success rate could likely not be greatly improved. However, observation of the movement of the guidewires in the CTO lesions indi­cated the importance of 3D manipulation of the guide­wires. Therefore, in 2014, we devised the 3D imaging rule and established angiography-based 3D wiring as described above [3, 4]. However, the angiography­based 3D wiring method is no longer effective when the target is not visible or when the guidewire enters the subintimal lumen [4]. To overcome these situations, we have tried to establish the real-time IVUS-based 3D wiring. We devised “the tip detection method” and developed “AO-IVUS” (Terumo Corp.), which is an upgraded version of Navifocus WR with an added pull­back transducer system [5]. As AO-IVUS was launched in Japan in 2019, AO-IVUS-based 3D wiring using the tip detection method made it possible to manipulate the guidewire in real time with accurate rotation of the guidewire within a few degrees inside CTO lesions.
The concept of the tip detection method and the new CTO-specific IVUS (AO-IVUS) for the tip detection method
In an IVUS-guided wiring method in CTO PCI, the IVUS catheter is advanced through the first wire which has already entered a subintimal space. Then the second wire is navigated to be passed through the intraplaque route by the IVUS observation from the subintimal space. As well as the angiography-based 3D wiring, it is necessary to recognize the rotational direction of the guidewire (torque) in IVUS-based 3D wiring. When only the shaft of the guidewire is
observed, the rotational direction and angle for maneuvering the guidewire toward the target cannot be determined (Figure 16.14A) [5]. However, when both the shaft and tip (tip and its direction) of the guidewire are observed, the rotational direction and angle for maneuvering the guidewire toward the target can be determined (Figure 16.14B) [5].
There are two methods of IVUS-guided 3D wiring. One is the conventional method, which is named “fusion method” that fuses the IVUS image and fluo­rographic image using Navifocus WR or Eagle-eye IVUS (Phillips) (non-pull back & short tip IVUS) in the operator’s brain (Figure 16.15A) [2], and the other is the direct visualization only by the IVUS observa­tion using AO-IVUS (pull back & short tip IVUS), which is named “tip detection method” (Figure
16.15B) [5]. The IVUS guided wiring performed outside of Japan has been still up to the fusion method. But the fusion method is complicated and inaccurate because the tip cannot be visualized in real time with IVUS and is an alternative method when the tip detec­tion method cannot be performed in Japan. AO-IVUS and the tip detection method are needed to change the IVUS guide wiring from last resort to standard.
We describe the tip detection method that enables real-time, high-precision IVUS guided wiring. Observing the guidewire by IVUS has meant observa­tion of the guidewire shaft but not the tip. However, for the 3D wiring methods, information on both the wire shaft and tip is essential. Because the CTO lesion (intraplaque, distal lumen, etc.) can be also visualized by IVUS, by observing not only the shaft but also the tip by IVUS, 3D wiring can be performed only by
IVUS-based 3D wiring
IVUS transducer
True lumen (Intraplaque)
CTO
The IVUStransducer is positionedjustbeyondthe transition site fromtrue lumentosubintimalspace.
A. When onlythe shaft of the guidewire is observed,the rotational direction andangle for maneuveringthe guidewire toward the target cannot be determined.
IVUS image
Figure 16.14 For IVUS guided 3D wiring, it is necessary to observe the tip as well as the shaft.
IVUS observation from a subintimal space
Subintimal space
Shaft
IVUS
Subintima
Target
True lumen
observed,the rotational direction and angle for
Subintima
True lumen
maneuvering the guide wire to ward the target ca be determined.
IVUSimages
IVUS
Rotate the guidewire counterclockwise after pulling it backslightly
Rotate the guidewire
clockwise afterpulling it backslightly.
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A. Fusion method using Navifocus WR or Eagle Eye IVUS
IVU
Direct visual construction of 3D
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(non-pull back & short tip IVUS)
Shaft
Intraplaque
Exit lumen
Shaft
Angiographic image
IVUS
Tip
Tip
Microcatheter
CTO
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2
S
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-wire
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Figure 16.15 A. Fusion method using Navifocus WR or Eagle Eye IVUS (non-pull back & short tip IVUS). B. Tip detection method using AnteOwl WR IVUS (AO-IVUS; pull back & short tip IVUS).
IVUS image
Subintima
IVUS
Operator views the cine from this direction.
nd
Mentally constructed 3D image from angiographic and IVUS images
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Slight pull -back and counterclockwise
IVUS information. This method is the tip detection method. By moving the AO-IVUS transducer back and forth around 3 mm between the apex of the tip and the transition point of the tip to the shaft, the tip and its direction can be clearly visualized. The shaft is seen as a bright spot with an echo shadow and the tip is a slightly faint line from base to apex (Figure
16.16A) [5]. By moving the transducer back and forth around from the target to the tip area, the 3D image
(AO-IVUS; pull back & short tip IVUS)
IVUS images
Subintima
Shaft
Shaft
IVUS
Intraplaque
Back and forth movement of the transducer
st
1
Visually constructed 3D image only from IVUS
-wire
images using the tip detection method
Tip
Exit lumen
Clockwise rotation
Shaft
for the guidewire manipulation can be easily visual­ized, which becomes possible to manipulate the guidewire as you see it (Figure 16.16B) [5].
Figure 16.17 shows the specifications of AO-IVUS [5]. AO-IVUS was developed from a Navifocus WR by adding a pullback function. The following 5 improvements have been made: (1) 15 cm pullback of a 40 MHz transducer is possible; (2) the distance from the tip to the transducer is 8 mm (a decrease of 1 mm);
Shaft
Tip
Subintima
Intraplaque
Exit lumen of CTO
B. Tip detection method using AnteOwlWRIVUS
A. Visualization of tip B. Tip detection method
AnteOwl WR-IVUS (AO-IVUS)
CTO
Guidewire shaft
2nd-wire
Guidewire tip
Figure 16.16 Tip detection method using AnteOwl WR IVUS.
Intraplaque
Subintima
Back and forth movement of the transducer
1st-wire
IVUS images
IVUS
Shaft
Subintima
Shaft
IVUS
Tip and its direction
Intraplaque
image only from IVUS images
Counter clockwise
Intraplaque
Subintima
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length; 15 cm
A.
A. Antegrade wire escalation
B.
Corsair bougie C. Creation of a space
D. Starting point for the
Specications
of IVUS
Navifocus WR 9mm2.6 Fr3.2 Fr26 cm 40 MHz 0 cm
AnteOwlWR 8 mm2.6 Fr3.1 Fr26 cm 40 MHz 15 cm
B.
AnteOwlWR-IVUS (AO- IVUS)
Figure 16.17 Specifications of the CTO specific IVUSs.
(3) the IVUS catheter tip is smaller and the tip marker has been removed (it can be visualized because con­trast medium has been added to the material of the tip); (4) the coating of the Navifocus WR has been improved (because it tended to peel off) and it now lasts for several uses; and (5) the base of the IVUS catheter has been made slimmer and a 7F guide cath­eter can now be inserted with the Corsair catheter.
Distance from
tip to transducer
Pull-back transducer system
Maximum diameter
at transducer
Maximum shaft
diameter
Second monorail lumen length; 26 cm
Maximum shaft diameter; 3.1 Fr
Second monorail
lumen length
Pull-back
ommended because of sufficient backup support for the CTO guidewires. Figure 16.18 shows from ante­grade guidewire escalation (AWE) to the start point of IVUS-guided wiring. When the antegrade guidewire is advanced to around the CTO exit but cannot be passed through the CTO lesion due to advancement of the guidewire into the subintimal space, etc. (Figure
16.18A), move on to the IVUS-guided wiring as much
Frequency
of transducer
Distance between 1st-and 2nd­monorail lumen gap; 8 mm
Maximum diameter at transducer; 2.6 Fr
Distance from tip to transducer; 8 mm
as possible instead of parallel wiring. The Corsair
Interventional procedure of AO-IVUS­based 3D wiring using the tip detection method
More than 7-Fr guide catheter should be selected for the IVUS based wiring. As mentioned in angiogra­phy-based 3D wiring, a Corsair microcatheter is rec-
microcatheter is advanced through the guidewire around the CTO exit to create a space for the IVUS catheter (Figure 16.18B, 16.18C), and if the guidewire is a tapered wire, it should be changed to a 0.014-inch moderately stiff CTO wire to obtain good support for advancing the IVUS catheter. Using a double-chamber
Pull -back
length
CTO
Subintima
1st-wire
Figure 16.18 Procedural flow up to IVUS-guided wiring.
Corsair microcatheter
Intraplaque
Exit lumen of CTO
for AO-IVUS
Space created by Corsair bougie
tip detection method
Microcatheter
AnteOwlIVUS
2nd-wire
1st-wire
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A.
B.
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catheter, the second guidewire is then advanced and the microcatheter (the Corsair etc.) is advanced through this second wire, and the IVUS catheter is advanced through the first guidewire (Figure 16.18D). In addition, when the IVUS catheter cannot be advanced after the Corsair’s bougie, perform balloon dilatation with a small-diameter balloon.
The following two steps should be performed: positional information of vascular structures (subinti­mal space, intraplaque, exit lumen of the CTO, etc.) is transferred from the IVUS image to the angiographic image; and IVUS-based 3D wiring is performed to accurately advance the second guidewire to the exit lumen.
First, we explain how to recognize the location of the targets (intraplaque, exit lumen of the CTO, etc.), which can be visualized by IVUS, on the angiographic image using the tip detection method (Figure 16.19) [6]. It is difficult to recognize the location of the tar­gets, which can be visualized by IVUS, on the angio­graphic image (Figure 16.19A). The second guidewire is advanced 1 cm before the transitional site of intimal and subintimal spaces. On the angiographic image, the apex of the tip of the second guidewire faces to the right (Figure 16.19B-a) and is rotated clockwise to place the apex of the tip directly facing the operator (Figure 16.19B-a). The tip detection method is then performed to determine the direction from which the operator is observing the angiographic image on the IVUS image (Figure 16.19B-b). On the IVUS image, the apex of the tip is directed toward the 8 o’clock position, and the operator is therefore observing the angiographic image from the 8 o’clock position on the IVUS image (Figure 16.19B-c-1). It is then simply
recognized that the intraplaque area and exit lumen are located on the right side (Figure 16.19B-c-2, men- tally created fluoroscopic image).
Next, we describe how to perform AO-IVUS-based real-time 3D wiring [5]. The tip detection method is performed to accurately navigate the second guide­wire to the target (intraplaque, exit lumen of the CTO, etc.). During the guidewire navigation, the tip and its direction are always visualized by moving the IVUS transducer back and forth at the tip part to visually construct the 3D image of the guidewire area (Figure
16.20A). Then, the guidewire tip is accurately navi­gated to the target under direct visualization while the IVUS transducer is always advanced in accordance with the advancement of the guidewire tip (Figure
16.20B).
Demonstration of the tip detection method in AO-based 3D wiring using the experimental CTO model
Figure 16.21 shows the experimental CTO model for the AO-IVUS-based 3D wiring. We used an experi­mental beating heart model (Terumo Corp. Odawara, Japan). A CTO lesion 20
mm in length and 3.0 mm in diameter was made of 5.0% agar and inserted into the mid-right coronary artery. The target with a 0.4-mm lumen, which can be visualized by IVUS but not by fluorography, was placed in the distal part of the CTO lesion. Please refer to our YouTube video (Terumo Interventional systems; https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=gXJV8KT9uvc) demonstrating AO-IVUS­based 3D wiring using the tip detection method (the first operator is A. Okamura and the second operator is H. Nagai).
Figure 16.19 How to recognize the location of the targets (intraplaque, exit lumen of the CTO, etc.).