Remarkable progress has been achieved in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous
coronary intervention (PCI) in recent years, with refinement of the indications and technical …

: 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 …

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) of coronary arteries can be found in the context of chronic or
acute coronary syndromes; sometimes they are an incidental finding in those apparently …

Background CT imaging of chronic total occlusion (CTO) is useful in guiding
revascularization, but manual reconstruction and quantification are time consuming …

Background CT is helpful in guiding the revascularization of chronic total occlusion (CTO),
but manual prediction scores of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) success have …

Methods We analysed the baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural
outcomes of 10,249 CTO PCIs performed in 10,019 patients between 2012 and 2022 at 40 …

Background Retrograde chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention
(PCI) is associated with lower success and higher complication rates when compared with …

Severe calcification is frequent in coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO), and its presence
has been associated with increased procedural complexity and poor long-term outcomes …

Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) represent the most complex subset of coronary artery
disease and therefore careful planning of CTO percutaneous coronary recanalization (PCI) …

Background The contemporary frequency and outcomes of antegrade dissection and re-
entry (ADR) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have …