: Percutaneous treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) has advanced greatly
since its advent in the late 1970s through the development of dedicated wires and …

Coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) contributes to the progression of heart failure in
patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. Randomized controlled trials demonstrated that …

Objectives The authors sought to evaluate the impact of ischemic burden reduction after
chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on long-term …

Background The survival benefit of revascularization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) of the
coronary arteries remains a subject of controversy. We measured high sensitivity troponin‐I …

Objective To compare the clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with stable
angina who have undergone chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary …

With wider adoption of coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA),
chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are being increasingly identified and characterised by non …

Background: Multiple crossing techniques in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous
coronary intervention have been developed. This study compared recovery of quantitative …

Background There are limited data around sex differences in the risk profile, treatments and
outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic total occlusion (CTO) …

In this study, we aimed to investigate the predictive value of early systolic lengthening
duration in differentiating myocardial ischemia from scar tissue in patients with chronic …

Background The management of revascularization of chronic total occlusions (CTOs)
remains controversial. Whether specific patients gain survival benefit from CTO …