Clinical research

Early experience with a new approach for percutaneous intervention of totally occluded saphenous vein graft: is the flow the best thrombolytic?

EuroIntervention 2010;6:461-466.

Claudia Fiorina1*, MD; Emanuele Meliga2, MD, PhD, FESC; Giuliano Chizzola1, MD; Salvatore Curello1, MD; Osama Tayeh1, MD; Enrico Vizzardi1, MD; Livio Dei Cas1, MD; Federica Ettori1, MD

1. Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cardiothoracic Department, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy; 2. Interventional Cardiology Unit, A.O. Ordine Mauriziano Umberto I, Turin, Italy

Aims: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the total occlusion of aged saphenous vein grafts (SVGO) is difficult because of inadequate dilatation and distal embolisation. The aim of

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percutaneous coronary interventionsaphenous vein graftacute coronary syndrome

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