Background: Chronic total occlusion (CTO) of a coronary artery is defined as an occluded
segment with no antegrade flow and a known or estimated duration of at least 12 weeks …

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTO) has been rapidly
evolving in recent years. CTO are commonly encountered, occurring in approximately 20 …

The prevalence of chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions in coronary arteries is notably high
in patients with significant coronary artery disease. However, only a relatively small fraction …

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are routinely encountered during coronary angiography, but
subsequent revascularization rates are low. This has likely been driven by a historical belief …

Chronic total occlusion (CTO) of a coronary artery is typically defined as a completely
occluded artery without any antegrade flow and a duration of at least 3 months. We reviewed …

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are commonly encountered in patients undergoing coronary
angiography, but percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for CTO is currently infrequently …

Introduction: Despite an incidence of about 18–52% of the patients undergoing coronary
angiography, chronic total occlusions (CTO) are rarely revascularised by percutaneous …

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 …

The best available current evidence suggests that the hard end point outcomes of patients
with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) are no different from those of patients with …

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) represent a common lesion subset observed in patients
who undergo coronary angiography. During the past decade, the interest of the …