Background Well-developed collaterals are assumed as a marker of viability and ischemia
in chronic total occlusions (CTO). We aim to correlate viability and ischemia with collateral …

Background Indicators for assessing myocardial viability and risk stratification in patients
with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) are still in the research stage. Purpose To use …

Objectives This study aimed to analyze each myocardial segment's ischemic burden,
scarring, function, and viability by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging and stress …

Collateral development in chronic total occlusions (CTO) is crucial to perfuse the distal
myocardium and its angiographic evaluation is frequently used to assess the need for …

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is defined as 100% occlusion of an epicardial coronary artery
with Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) 0 flow for at least 3 months. Contemporary …

C, 合并CTO 病变对急性心肌梗死(acute myr ocardial infarction, AMI) 患者的预后影响CTO
病变本身非常稳定, 但其往往合并多支血管病变. 约有10% 的AMI 患者合并存在非梗死相关血管 …

The coronary blood flow plays an important role in protecting the myocardium from ischemia
and maintaining the cardiomyocyte function in the event of occlusion of one of the epicardial …

Коронарный кровоток сердца играет важную роль в защите миокарда от ишемии и
поддержании функции кардиомиоцитов на приемлемом уровне в случае развития …

The incidence of lesions involving the left main coronary artery (LMCA) during coronary
angiography is approximately 5% to 8%. It usually presents with acute coronary syndrome …

Background: The atherogenic index of plasma (AIP), determined by the logarithmic
transformation of the ratio of triglyceride (TG) and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL …