Current perspectives on coronary chronic total occlusions: the Canadian Multicenter Chronic Total Occlusions Registry

P Fefer, ML Knudtson, AN Cheema… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, clinical
characteristics, and management of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) in current …

A percutaneous treatment algorithm for crossing coronary chronic total occlusions

ES Brilakis, JA Grantham, S Rinfret, RM Wyman… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2012 - jacc.org
Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are frequently identified during coronary
angiography and remain the most challenging lesion group to treat. Patients with CTOs are …

Clinical outcomes of state-of-the-art percutaneous coronary revascularization in patients with de novo three vessel disease: 1-year results of the SYNTAX II study

J Escaned, C Collet, N Ryan… - European heart …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims To investigate if recent technical and procedural developments in percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) significantly influence outcomes in appropriately selected …

A randomized trial to assess regional left ventricular function after stent implantation in chronic total occlusion: the REVASC trial

K Mashayekhi, TG Nührenberg, A Toma, M Gick… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2018 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate whether percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) improves left ventricular function …

Management strategies in patients affected by chronic total occlusions: results from the Italian Registry of Chronic Total Occlusions

SD Tomasello, M Boukhris, S Giubilato… - European heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Through contemporary literature, the optimal strategy to manage coronary
chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains under debate. Objectives The aim of the Italian …

Chronic total occlusion angioplasty in the United States

JA Grantham, SP Marso, J Spertus, J House… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2009 - jacc.org
Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are commonly encountered complex lesions
identified in 15% of all patients referred for coronary angiography. Chronic total occlusion …

Evaluation of left ventricular function three years after percutaneous recanalization of chronic total coronary occlusions

SW Kirschbaum, T Baks, M van den Ent… - The American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
We investigated early and late effects of percutaneous revascularization for chronic total
coronary occlusion on left ventricular (LV) function and volumes. Magnetic resonance …

Appropriateness of percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions: an overview

AR Galassi, ES Brilakis, M Boukhris… - European Heart …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are commonly encountered in patients undergoing
coronary angiography. Several observational studies have demonstrated that successful …