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Excimer laser coronary angioplasty (ELCA) is an established adjunct for device-uncrossable lesions; however, the safety of its application within the subintimal space remains limited.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case summary<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A 67-year-old male with a complex cardiac history, including prior recurrent interventions and coronary artery bypass grafting, was referred for staged PCI of a right coronary artery CTO because of refractory angina (Canadian Cardiovascular Society class III). Following successful antegrade subintimal wire tracking and re-entry using a Stingray balloon, multiple ultra-low-profile balloons and dedicated microcatheters failed to traverse the subintimal-to-true-lumen transition. A 0.9-mm ELCA catheter at 80\u2005mJ\/mm2 and 80\u2005Hz was used in the subintimal space without saline flush, successfully creating a traversable channel. Complete revascularization was achieved using six overlapping drug-eluting stents, optimized with intravascular ultrasound guidance. At two-year follow-up, repeat intravascular ultrasound demonstrated vascular healing at the subintimal-re-entry interface.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This case demonstrates the potential safety and feasibility of subintimal ELCA (SELCA) as a bail-out for device-uncrossable lesions during antegrade dissection re-entry of CTO-PCI, with the first reported evidence of vascular healing at the subintimal laser site at two-year follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ehjcr\/ytag552","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,20]],"date-time":"2026-07-20T11:20:59Z","timestamp":1784546459000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Subintimal excimer laser coronary atherectomy (S-ELCA) as a bail-out for device-uncrossable chronic total occlusion: case 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