AUTHOR=Pescatori Lorenzo C. , Tacher Vania , Kobeiter Hicham 

TITLE=The Use of Re-entry Devices in Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

VOLUME=7

YEAR=2020

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2020.00144

DOI=10.3389/fcvm.2020.00144

ISSN=2297-055X

ABSTRACT=<p>Endovascular approach is the first-choice treatment in patients suffering from aortoiliac occlusions. Nevertheless, standard endoluminal revascularization fails in treating occlusions in about 20% (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">1</xref>) of cases. Thus, subintimal revascularization can be a solution, but it fails in 25% (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">2</xref>) of cases as well. In the last decades, different devices have been created, in order to ease the cross back into the true lumen, when standard subintimal revascularization does not work or risks to occlude important collateral vessels. Herein, we revise the currently available re-entry devices and their application in the aortoiliac occlusive pathology.</p>