Risk Factor Analysis for Crossing Failure in Primary Antegrade Wire-Catheter Approach for Femoropopliteal Chronic Total Occlusions.
Giulia BernardiniTheodosios BisdasAngeliki ArgyriouFadi SaabGiovanni Battista TorselloNikolaos TsilimparisKonstantinos StavroulakisPublished in: Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (2022)
In this study, chronic total occlusions (CTO) morphology, calcification burden, and lesion's location were identified as independent risk factors for failed antegrade crossing. Nonetheless, the use of alternative crossing strategies significantly increased the overall crossing success.