Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the CiTop™ ExPander™ Guidewire for Crossing Chronic Total Occlusions in Coronary Arteries

A Multicenter Multinational Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of the CiTop™ ExPander™ Guidewire for Crossing Chronic Total Occlusions in Coronary Arteries

A multicenter multinational study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the CiTop™ ExPander™ Guidewire for crossing chronic total occlusion in Coronary arteries.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Informed consent obtained prior to any trial activities.
2. Patients, male or female between 21 and 80 years of age, with no significant co-morbidities (see exclusion criteria).
3. Patient has an angiographic documented Chronic Total Occlusion showing distal TIMI flow 0 to 1.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patient unable to give informed consent.
2. Current participation in another study with any investigational drug or device.
3. Factors making follow-up and/or repeat angiography difficult or unlikely.
4. Contra-indication to emergency artery by pass surgery.
5. Lack of surgical backup.
6. Contra-indication to treatment with Aspirin, or Clopidogrel and/or Heparin.
7. Lesion > 40mm in length (both calcified lesion and adjacent thrombus).
8. Treated vessel referenced diameter less than 2.5 mm.
9. Visualization of the distal lumen less than the Rentrop Classification Grade 2 collateralization.
10. Non-visible entry point of target lesion.
11. Totally occluded bypass graft as target vessel.
12. Acute MI less than 1 week before procedure.
13. Patient has significant LV dysfunction, 35% LVEF or less.
14. Patient with cancer or other sever chronic disease with life expectance of 2 years.
15. Patient has chronic renal failure with serum creatinine ≥2.
16. Hemoglobin ≤11.
17. Patient is known or suspected not to tolerate the contrast agent.
18. Morbid Obesity (BMI > 40).
19. Drug abuse or alcoholism.
20. Patients under custodial care.
21. Pregnant women or women with childbearing potential with a positive pregnancy test at the time of procedure.