First report of the use of long-tapered sirolimus-eluting coronary stent for the treatment of chronic total occlusions with the hybrid algorithm.
Carlo ZivelonghiJan P van KuijkVincent Johan NijenhuisEnrico PolettiMaarten J SuttorpJan A S van der HeydenFrank D EeftingBenno J RensingJurrien M Ten BergLorenzo AzzaliniFloris S van den BrinkFlavio RibichiniAntonio ColomboJosé P S HenriquesPierfrancesco AgostoniPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)
The use of long tapered coronary DES is technically feasible and safe for the percutaneous treatment of CTOs, especially for patients presenting with long lesions.