Multicenter experience with the antegrade fenestration and reentry technique for chronic total occlusion recanalization.
Lorenzo AzzaliniKhaldoon AlaswadBarry F UretskyPierfrancesco AgostoniAlfredo R GalassiMarcelo Harada RibeiroEvandro Martins FilhoNeisser Morales-VictorinoAntonious AttallahAnkur GuptaCarlo ZivelonghiMatteo MontorfanoBarbara BelliniMauro CarlinoPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
We report on AFR feasibility in a multicenter registry of patients undergoing CTO recanalization. We observed a moderate success rate, coupled with the absence of complications. Moreover, even a failed AFR attempt did not preclude the use of alternative techniques to achieve recanalization. Further studies should confirm and extend our findings.