Minimalistic hybrid approach for the percutaneous treatment of chronic coronary total occlusions: An in-depth analysis of the whole algorithm.
Adriaan WilgenhofGiovanni Maria VescovoAndrea BezzeccheriBenjamin ScottPaul VermeerschCarl ConvensStefan VerheyeCarlo ZivelonghiPierfrancesco AgostoniPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2022)
MHA is a stepwise approach focused on the forearm approach to reduce the number of access sites and catheter size used in CTOPCI while maintaining proficiency and safety. Operators should be warned that this approach should be adopted only by experienced CTO operators who master all the strategies of the classic hybrid algorithm and the forearm approach.