CTO in Contemporary PCI

Mohamed Farag; Mohaned Egred

doi:10.2174/1573403X17666210531143519

CTO in Contemporary PCI

Curr Cardiol Rev. 2022;18(1):e310521193720. doi: 10.2174/1573403X17666210531143519.

Authors

Mohamed Farag^{1

2}, Mohaned Egred^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
² School of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, UK.
³ Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK | Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
⁴ Professor in Interventi onal Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine within the Faculty ofHealth Sciences and Wellbeing at the University of Sunderland, UK.

Abstract

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO) represents the most challenging procedure in modern endovascular treatments. In recent years, the success rate of CTO PCI has substantially improved, owing to increasing operator expertise and advancements in CTO equipment and algorithms as well as the development of expert consensus documents. In this review, we summarize existing evidence for CTO PCI, its success/ risk prediction scoring tools, procedural principles and complications and provide an insight into the future role of CTO PCI.

Keywords: Chronic total occlusion; coronary artery disease; morbidity; mortality; percutaneous coronary intervention; risk.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Chronic Disease
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Occlusion* / surgery
Humans
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* / methods
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome