† All perforation without clinical sequelae. AMI: Acute myocardial infarction; CT: Cardiac tamponade; CTO: Chronic total occlusion; CVA: Cerebral vascular accident ...

Coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) is defined as an occluded coronary artery segment without anterograde flow for at least three months. It can be classified as a “true” or “functional” CTO ...

5 Coronary revascularization also carries risk of short- and long-term complications, hence the risk benefit ratio should be thoroughly assessed in CTO patients. Can coronary revascularization reduce ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are among the most complex subsets of coronary artery disease usually described as the "last frontier" of ...

Clinical success was defined as technical success without major adverse cardiac events. Results A total of 61 studies ... identified strong negative predictors for clinical success for CTO PCI, which ...

Results In total, 1957 patients were identified, a CTO was treated by PCI in 405 (20.7%) and medical therapy in 667 (34.1%), 885 (45.2%) patients underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Of ...

The following is a summary of “Quantitative flow ratio of the donor coronary artery supplying a chronic total occlusion territory,” published in the December 2024 issue of Cardiology by Elbasha et al.

CTA shows an extensive, calcified chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the superficial femoral artery (SFA ... insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease with prior ...

Interv Cardiol. 2010;2(3):355-367. Aggressive guidewire manipulation in totally calcified occluded arteries could result in wire entrapment. This complication may be relieved sometimes by ...