Abstract

Retrograde approach: a practical guide for maximizing procedural success

Author(s): CG Hanratty

The first description of a retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) technique to open a chronic total occlusion (CTO) was described in 1990 when Kahn and Hartzler described an intervention down a saphenous vein graft (SVG) to access a left anterior descending artery.