A randomized multicentre trial to compare revascularization with optimal medical therapy for the treatment of chronic total coronary occlusions

GS Werner, V Martin-Yuste, D Hildick-Smith… - European heart …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims The clinical value of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic coronary
total occlusions (CTOs) is not established by randomized trials. This study should compare …

Meta-analysis of clinical outcomes of patients who underwent percutaneous coronary interventions for chronic total occlusions

GE Christakopoulos, G Christopoulos, M Carlino… - The American journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusions (CTOs) has
been associated with clinical benefit. There are no randomized controlled trials on long-term …

Randomized trial evaluating percutaneous coronary intervention for the treatment of chronic total occlusion: the DECISION-CTO trial

SW Lee, PH Lee, JM Ahn, DW Park, SC Yun, S Han… - Circulation, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Procedural results for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in coronary
vessels with chronic total occlusion (CTO) have improved in recent years, and PCI strategies …

Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions: improved survival for patients with successful revascularization compared to a failed procedure

S Aziz, RH Stables, AD Grayson… - Catheterization and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Background: There are limited data on the impact of successful chronic total occlusion (CTO)
revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on survival. We performed a …

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 …

Long-term follow-up of elective chronic total coronary occlusion angioplasty: analysis from the UK Central Cardiac Audit Database

S George, J Cockburn, TC Clayton, P Ludman… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Background: Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is common, being reported in 18% to 30% of
patients undergoing coronary angiography. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is …

[HTML][HTML] In-hospital outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion: insights from the ERCTO (European Registry of Chronic …

AR Galassi, SD Tomasello, N Reifart… - …, 2011 - eurointervention.pcronline.com
Aims: In comparison with non-occlusive lesions, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of
chronic total occlusions (CTO) represents a greater challenge for the interventionalist, due to …

Trends in outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions: a 25-year experience from the Mayo Clinic

A Prasad, CS Rihal, RJ Lennon, HJ Wiste… - Journal of the American …, 2007 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of our study was to examine the trends in procedural success, in-
hospital, and long-term outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic …

A clinical and angiographic scoring system to predict the probability of successful first-attempt percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with total chronic …

G Alessandrino, B Chevalier, T Lefèvre… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2015 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to develop a scoring model predicting percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) success in chronic total occlusions. Background: Coronary chronic total …

Immediate results and one-year clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary interventions in chronic total occlusions: data from a multicenter, prospective …

Z Olivari, P Rubartelli, F Piscione, F Ettori… - Journal of the American …, 2003 - jacc.org
Objectives: We sought to investigate the success rate and the acute and 12-month clinical
outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the …