Interventions. Copies: This document is available on the World Wide Web sites of the
American College of Cardiology (www. cardiosource. org), the American Heart Association …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence, clinical
characteristics, and management of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) in current …

Aim The guideline for coronary artery revascularization replaces the 2011 coronary artery
bypass graft surgery and the 2011 and 2015 percutaneous coronary intervention guidelines …

Background: Procedural results for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in coronary
vessels with chronic total occlusion (CTO) have improved in recent years, and PCI strategies …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted through November 2010, as well as selected …

Coronary artery stents revolutionized the practice of interventional cardiology after they were
first introduced in the mid-1980s. Since then, there have been significant developments in …

The EuroCTO club was established in December 2006. In 2007 it published its first
consensus document on the recanalisation of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs), aiming to …

BACKGROUND: Chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalizations remain extremely
challenging procedures. With improvements in technology and techniques, success rates for …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate long-term clinical outcomes after
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusions (CTO). Background …

Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are commonly encountered complex lesions
identified in 15% of all patients referred for coronary angiography. Chronic total occlusion …