Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Evidence and Controversies

J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 Jan 12;7(2):e006732. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.006732.

Authors

Peter Tajti^{1

2}, Emmanouil S Brilakis^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Minneapolis Heart Institute Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN.
² Department of Invasive Cardiology, Second Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology Center, University of Szeged, Hungary.
³ Minneapolis Heart Institute Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, MN esbrilakis@gmail.com.
⁴ Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic total occlusion; complex coronary intervention; percutaneous coronary intervention; stable coronary artery disease.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Chronic Disease
Coronary Occlusion / mortality
Coronary Occlusion / therapy*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Observational Studies as Topic
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* / adverse effects
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* / instrumentation
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention* / mortality
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Stents
Treatment Outcome