Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages e1-e3 (January 2011) Widening the Aortic Bifurcation with Super Stiff Wire to Allow Placement of an Otherwise Impossible-to-advance Outback Catheter V. Etezadi, A. Powell EJVES Extra Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages e1-e3 (January 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2010.10.001 Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Pre treatment arteriogram shows proximal occlusion in left superficial femoral artery (arrow) and steep aortic bifurcation. EJVES Extra 2011 21, e1-e3DOI: (10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2010.10.001) Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Insertion of a super stiff Amplatz wire (arrow) through a 7F Destination sheath (arrow head), A; widened the aortic bifurcation and allowed passage of the Outback device to the contralateral side, B&C. EJVES Extra 2011 21, e1-e3DOI: (10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2010.10.001) Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Final imaging demonstrates the Lifestent (A) and blood flow through the opened left superficial femoral artery (B). EJVES Extra 2011 21, e1-e3DOI: (10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2010.10.001) Copyright © 2010 Terms and Conditions