Chronic total occlusion is the cardiologist’s daymare .Here is an article that adds on to 1ooth technique to cross the chronic total occlusion within the coronary artery !
If only we succeed in this Arabin magic , in the cath lab we can open the doors of all CTOs .
This technique is based on the principle to push the hard plaque into the adjacent side branch like a sliding door, if the pateint has one !
The only isssue with this technique could be the “cave door” may close again immediately as it did for Alibaba !
Reference
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20088015
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122619470/abstract
Dr.S.Venkatesan MD 