{"id":9696,"date":"2026-03-11T20:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=9696"},"modified":"2026-03-11T20:12:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T17:12:26","slug":"crossfast-the-next-generation-guide-extension-catheter-in-complex-pci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/crossfast-the-next-generation-guide-extension-catheter-in-complex-pci\/","title":{"rendered":"CrossFAST: The Next-Generation Guide Extension Catheter in Complex PCI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CrossFAST: The Next-Generation Guide Extension Catheter in Complex PCI<\/p>\n<p>Source: Medical News \u2013 March 10, 2026<br \/>\nOriginal Study: JSCAI, February 2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060The device uses a microcatheter-led delivery system designed to enable safe deep coronary intubation during complex PCI procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060It has been successfully used in cases where conventional guide extension catheters failed to cross difficult lesions.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060CrossFAST enabled successful stent delivery through calcified and tortuous coronary segments.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060The design improves pushability and smooth transition, allowing the catheter to advance without balloon-assisted tracking.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2060 \u2060It may also reduce the risk of coronary dissection compared with earlier blunt-tip guide extension catheters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2772930326000050?\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2772930326000050?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CrossFAST: The Next-Generation Guide Extension Catheter in Complex PCI Source: Medical News \u2013 March 10, 2026 Original Study: JSCAI, February 2026 \u2022\u2060 \u2060The device uses a microcatheter-led delivery system designed to enable safe deep coronary intubation during complex PCI procedures. \u2022\u2060 \u2060It has been successfully used in cases where conventional guide extension catheters failed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9697,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9696\/revisions\/9697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}