STAR procedure becomes SAFER: First‐in‐man case series of a new antegrade dissection re‐entry technique
Mauro Carlino, Barry F. Uretsky, Lorenzo Azzalini, Angelo Nascimbene, Emmanouil S. Brilakis, Antonio Colombo, Sunao Nakamura, Cosmo Godino, Alexandre Avran, Stéphane Rinfret, Benjamin Faurie
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Antegrade dissection and re-entry (ADR) is an integral part of the hybrid algorithm, which has allowed for improved outcomes in chronic total occlusion (CTO) coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: A new ADR method, Subintimal Antegrade FEnestration and Re-entry (SAFER), is described. The results of a first-in-man series are presented. RESULTS: SAFER was performed on seven consecutive patients with angiographic and clinical success in all patients. CONCLUSIONS: This first-in-man study has shown that the SAFER technique is feasible and effective with the possibility of improving the antegrade PCI CTO success rate.