Andreas Synetos, MD, PhD, FESC,

First Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Hippocration Hospital

Fefer et al, J Am Coll Cardiol, 2012;59:991–7

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis 20:8&93 (1990)

Case loads Retro vs non Retro operators

Elective

Planed

Quicker

Easier

Safer

• Trace potential channels

• Examine all projections

RETROGRADE

SION /FIELDER FC

Sion

Fielder FC

Conoid ending

Polymer covering

Galassi AR, CTO and LM Summit, 21-23

February 2013, New York

Female 75 years old

DM, HTN,

Angina CCS IIΙ

ECHO: akinesia inferior wall LVEF: 40%

CASE