Balloon-assisted subintimal entry (BASE) in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions.
Michaella AlexandrouAthanasios RempakosAhmed Al-OgailiJames W ChoiPaul PoommipanitKhaldoon AlaswadMir Babar BasirRhian DaviesStewart BentonFarouc A JafferRaj H ChandwaneyLorenzo AzzaliniKathleen E KearneyAhmed M ElGuindyNidal Abi RafehOmer GoktekinSevket GorguluJaikirshan J KhatriNazif AygulMinh N VoAltug CincinBavana V RanganOlga C MastrodemosSalman S AllanaYader SandovalM Nicholas BurkeEmmanouil S BrilakisPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2023)
The BASE technique is used in CTOs with longer occlusion length, higher J-CTO score, and more complex angiographic characteristics, and is associated with moderate success but also low MACE.