New-generation Guide extension catheter (CrossFAST)
New-generation Guide extension catheter (CrossFAST)
Takeaway :
• Delivers devices when conventional tools fail
• Effective in calcified, tortuous, uncrossable lesions
• Safer deep intubation → ↓ dissection risk
• No balloon support → faster PCI
• May avoid atherectomy
🎯 Bottom line:
Simpler, safer, faster complex PCI
Source: JSCAI, 2026
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772930326000050