A Novel Penetration Device for Severe Stenosis or Chronic Total Occlusion in Coronary Artery Disease*

Abstract

Percutaneous recanalization of coronary artery chronic total occlusion remains a technical challenge for the interventional cardiologist, with a lower success rate than most other lesions. Operator experience and specific tips and tricks with novel dedicated technical devices are needed to obtain procedural success in the majority of situations. The authors report a case of successful revascularization of a chronically occluded left anterior descending coronary artery using a novel penetration device (Tornus, Asahi) to facilitate balloon and stent deployment.

Complex Coronary Interventions with the Novel Mozec™CTO Balloon: The MOZART Registry

“…12,13 The even more specialized and costly Tornus™ dilator catheter showed similar procedural success rates in antegrade CTOs. [14][15][16] Thus, the availability of a rapid-exchange balloon with excellent crossing profiles, great pushability, and low cost (Table 4) has the potential for simplifying the treatment of complex lesions reducing the need for less user-friendly and more e xpensive equipment. Moreover, the Mozec™ CTO balloon was a safe device.…”