Coronary collaterals are present at birth, with wide interindividual variation in their functional
capacity. These vessels protect jeopardized myocardium, and the number of collaterals and …

Heart failure is a life-threatening condition that carries a considerable emotional and socio-
economic burden. As a result of the global increase in the ageing population, sedentary life …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the long-term clinical outcomes of
patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO) and well-developed collateral circulation treated …

Aims Cardiac inflammation has been suggested to be regulated by the sympathetic nervous
system (SNS). However, due to the lack of methodology to surgically eliminate the …

Background—We developed a model that predicts difficulty of percutaneous coronary
intervention for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) using coronary computed …

Aims: Despite advances in understanding the physiological role of collaterals in coronary
chronic total occlusions (CTOs), collateral anatomy remains poorly defined. Our aim was to …

Objectives: This study investigated the role of fractional myocardial mass (FMM), a vessel-
specific myocardial mass, in the evaluation of physiological severity of stenosis. Using …

Aims: This study aimed to evaluate associations between coronary collaterals and
myocardial viability as assessed by quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging …

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are often detected on diagnostic coronary angiograms, but
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for CTO is currently infrequently performed owing …

Objectives This study sought to compare long-term clinical outcome in ST-segment elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients with a concomitant chronic total occlusion (CTO) with …