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01-01-2004 | Clinical Investigations

The Outback Catheter: A New Device for True Lumen Re-entry After Dissection During Recanalization of Arterial Occlusions

Authors: Klaus A. Hausegger, Borjana Georgieva, Horst Portugaller, Josef Tauss, Gerhard Stark

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 1/2004

Abstract

To report the initial experience with a new catheter system (The Outback catheter) designed to allow fluoroscopically controlled re-entry of the true arterial lumen after subintimal guidewire passage during recanalization procedures of arterial occlusions. The catheter was used in 10 patients with intermittent claudication caused by chronic segmental occlusions of the superficial femoral or popliteal arteries. In all patients, conventional guidewire recanalization had failed. In 8 patients, successful true lumen re-entry was achieved with the Outback catheter. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was successfully performed in these patients without complications. Two technical failures occurred in heavily calcified arteries. The Outback catheter was safe and effective when used in complicated recanalization procedures in the superficial femoral and popliteal artery and the tibial trunk.

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Title: The Outback Catheter: A New Device for True Lumen Re-entry After Dissection During Recanalization of Arterial Occlusions
Authors: Klaus A. Hausegger
Borjana Georgieva
Horst Portugaller
Josef Tauss
Gerhard Stark
Publication date: 01-01-2004
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 1/2004
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-003-0025-x

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The Outback Catheter: A New Device for True Lumen Re-entry After Dissection During Recanalization of Arterial Occlusions

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