Ocelot catheter for the recanalization of lower extremity arterial chronic total occlusion

Abstract Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a growing clinical condition affecting more than 10 million patients in the United States and it is responsible for more than 120,000 amputations annually. The presence of chronic total occlusions (CTO) increases the complexity of endovascular procedures...

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Published in:Cardiovascular revascularization medicine 2014, Vol.15 (1), p.46-49
Main Authors: Marmagkiolis, Konstantinos, Lendel, Vasili, Cawich, Ian, Cilingiroglu, Mehmet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Cardiovascular
Chronic Disease
Chronic total occlusion
Endovascular Procedures - instrumentation
Equipment Design
Female
Humans
Lower Extremity - blood supply
Male
Middle Aged
Optical coherence tomography
Peripheral arterial disease
Peripheral Arterial Disease - diagnosis
Peripheral Arterial Disease - therapy
Stents
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Access Devices
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Summary:Abstract Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) is a growing clinical condition affecting more than 10 million patients in the United States and it is responsible for more than 120,000 amputations annually. The presence of chronic total occlusions (CTO) increases the complexity of endovascular procedures and open surgery may often be the preferred approach. Despite the optimization of the CTO devices and technique, percutaneous CTO revascularization remains a challenging procedure even for experienced operators with important complication rates. The OcelotTM system is a novel CTO device to use real-time optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging guidance for the recanalization of peripheral CTOs. We review the mechanism of the Ocelot system, the initial results from the multi-center Connect-II trial and two cases of Ocelot-assisted CTO recanalization.
ISSN:1553-8389
1878-0938
DOI:10.1016/j.carrev.2013.09.007