Original Research

DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-01082

Controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking (CART) for recanalisation of chronic total occlusions

Silvia Moscardelli1,2, MD; Kathleen E. Kearney1, MD; William L. Lombardi1, MD; Lorenzo Azzalini1, MD, MSc, PhD

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking (CART) is rarely performed in contemporary chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

AIMS: We aimed to analyse the indications, procedural characteristics, and outcomes of CART at a high-volume CTO programme.

METHODS: We included all patients undergoing a retrograde CTO PCI in which CART was performed at our institution between January 2019 and November 2023. The primary endpoint was technical success.

RESULTS: Of 1,582 CTO PCI, the retrograde approach was performed in 603 procedures (38.1%), and CART was used in 45 cases (7.5%). The mean age was 69.1±10.3 years, 93.3% were male, and prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery was present in 68.9%. The most common target CTO vessel was the right coronary artery (48.9%). Anatomical complexity was high (Multicentre CTO Registry of Japan [J-CTO] score of 3.6±0.9). The most common collateral used for CART was a saphenous vein graft (62.2%). Advanced calcium modification was required in 15.6% of cases. CART was successful in 73.3%. Technical and procedural success was 82.2%. Coronary perforation was diagnosed in 4 subjects (8.9%), but only 1 patient (2.2%) suffered tamponade and required pericardiocentesis. No other in-hospital major adverse cardiac events were diagnosed.

CONCLUSIONS: CART is a useful technique in selected, very complex CTOs tackled with the retrograde approach. Success rates were high, while complication rates were low, considering the high anatomical complexity and baseline patient risk.

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