1. 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 
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Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages e1-e3 (January 2011)
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2. Figure 1
Pre treatment arteriogram shows proximal occlusion in left superficial femoral artery (arrow) and steep aortic bifurcation.
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3. 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.
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4. Figure 3
Final imaging demonstrates the Lifestent (A) and blood flow through the opened left superficial femoral artery (B).
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