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Tanaka H, Tsuchikane E, Kishi K, Okada H, Oikawa Y, Ito Y, Muramatsu T, Yoshikawa R, Kawasaki T, Okamura A, Sumitsuji S, Muto M, Katoh O. Retrograde Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention (JR-CTO) Score: From the Japanese CTO-PCI Expert Registry. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2024:S1936-8798(24)00586-7. [PMID: 38703149 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2024.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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BACKGROUND Despite the effectiveness of the retrograde approach for chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions, there are no standardized tools to predict the success of retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to develop a prediction tool to identify CTO lesions that will achieve successful retrograde PCI. METHODS This study evaluated data from 2,374 patients who underwent primary retrograde CTO-PCI and were enrolled in the Japanese CTO-PCI Expert Registry between January 2016 and December 2022 (NCT01889459). All observations were randomly assigned to the derivation and validation cohorts at a 2:1 ratio. The prediction score for guidewire failure in retrograde CTO-PCI was determined by assigning 1 point for each factor and summing all accrued points. RESULTS The JR-CTO score (moderate-severe calcification, tortuosity, Werner collateral connection grade ≤1, and nonseptal collateral channel) demonstrated a C-statistic for guidewire failure of 0.72 (95% CI: 0.67-0.76) and 0.71 (95% CI: 0.64-0.77) in the derivation and validation cohorts, respectively. Patients with lower scores had higher guidewire and technical success rates and decreased guidewire crossing time and procedural time (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS The JR-CTO (Japanese Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion) score, a simple 4-item score that predicts successful guidewire crossing in patients undergoing retrograde CTO-PCI, has the potential to support clinical decision-making for the retrograde approach.
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- Saiseikai Yokohama-City Eastern Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Saitama Prefecture Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Saitama, Japan
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Xu W, Ma J, Chen Y, Zhou F, Zhou C, Zhang LJ. Coronary chronic total occlusion on coronary CT angiography: what radiologists should know? Insights Imaging 2024; 15:55. [PMID: 38411752 PMCID: PMC10899151 DOI: 10.1186/s13244-024-01621-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 02/28/2024] Open
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Coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) often occurs in patients with obstructive coronary artery disease, which remains one of the greatest challenges for interventional cardiologists. Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) with its emerging post-processing techniques can provide a detailed assessment of CTO lesions before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), playing an important role in the clinical management of CTO PCI, from early diagnosis, pre-procedural outcome prediction, the crossing algorithm planning, intraprocedural guidance, and finally post-procedural assessment and follow-up. In addition, the feasibility of CT perfusion (CTP) in patients with CTO has been validated. Combined CCTA and CTP have the great potential to be the one-stop-shop imaging modality for assessing both anatomy and function of CTO lesions. This review aims to make radiologists understand the role of CCTA in the diagnosis and assessment of CTO lesions, thus assisting interventionalists in optimizing CTO PCI crossing strategies with the expertise of radiologists.Critical relevance statement The anatomical features of CTO on CCTA can reveal the complexity of CTO lesions and are associated with CTO PCI outcome, thus helping interventionalists optimize CTO PCI crossing strategies.Key points • CTO is the common lesion in invasive coronary angiography, and CTO PCI is technically difficult and its success rate is relatively low.• Length, collaterals, and attenuation-related signs can help distinguish CTO from subtotal occlusion.• The anatomical features of CTO lesions can help grade the difficulty of CTO PCI and predict procedural outcomes and long-term outcomes of CTO PCI.• The real-time fusion of CCTA with fluoroscopic angiography can be applied in highly complicated CTO lesions.• After CTO PCI, CCTA can help guide a second CTO PCI re-entry or follow up stent patency.
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- Wei Xu
- Department of Radiology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, China
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- Emergency Medical Center, Xi'an Xianyang International Airport Co., Ltd., Xianyang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, China.
- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Jinling Hospital of Medical School, Nanjing University, 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, China.
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Al-Ogaili A, Brilakis ES. To Go Retrograde or Not? CC Score to the Rescue. Am J Cardiol 2024; 211:369-371. [PMID: 37995915 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.11.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 11/05/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/25/2023]
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- Ahmed Al-Ogaili
- Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Chang HY, Huang CC, Hung CS, Meng SW, Lin MS, Chen YH, Yeh CF, Kao HL. Accurate Prediction of Retrograde Collateral Channel Crossing in Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention. Am J Cardiol 2024; 210:93-99. [PMID: 37844720 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 10/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Successful collateral channel (CC) crossing is an essential step in retrograde chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). We previously developed a dedicated CC score based on CC size and tortuosity to facilitate target CC selection. Validation and comparison to other scoring systems were lacking. Thus, the aims of this study were to (1) validate the CC score in a larger independent cohort, and (2) compare its accuracy and clinical usefulness with the J-channel score. All coronary CTO PCIs attempted by experienced high-volume operators from January 2017 to December 2021 were enrolled. The CC and J-channel scores were calculated for all attempted CCs with bi-plane high-resolution cine angiography images. CC crossing success was defined as guidewire reaching the distal true lumen retrogradely. In total, 502 patients who received CTO PCI were included. The retrograde approach was utilized in 244 target CTOs, and a total of 329 CCs were attempted. The overall CC crossing rate was 67.8% (223 of 329) and final technical success rate 92.2% (225 of 244). The average CC score was 2.0 and average J-channel score was 0.71. The sensitivity and specificity of successful CC crossing with the CC score ≥2 were 81.2%, and 84.0%, respectively. Comparison between the CC score (area under the curve 0.87; 95% confidence interval 0.83 to 0.90) and the J-channel score (area under the curve 0.61, 95% confidence interval 0.55 to 0.67) demonstrated superior predictive performance of the CC score (p <0.001). The CC score was an easy-to-use and accurate tool for the prediction of successful CC crossing in retrograde CTO PCI. The CC score can help operators select the ideal target CC, thereby facilitating final procedural success.
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- Hao-Yun Chang
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Hsinchu Branch, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Somsen YBO, de Winter RW, Giunta R, Schumacher SP, van Diemen PA, Jukema RA, Stuijfzand WJ, Danad I, Lissenberg-Witte BI, Verouden NJ, Nap A, Kleijn SA, Galassi AR, Henriques JP, Knaapen P. Collateral grading systems in retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2023; 102:844-856. [PMID: 37671770 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.30812] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Japanese Channel (J-Channel) score was introduced to aid in retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total coronary occlusions (CTOs). The predictive value of the J-Channel score has not been compared with established collateral grading systems such as the Rentrop classification and Werner grade. AIMS To investigate the predictive value of the J-Channel score, Rentrop classification and Werner grade for successful collateral channel (CC) guidewire crossing and technical CTO PCI success. METHODS A total of 600 prospectively recruited patients underwent CTO PCI. All grading systems were assessed under dual catheter injection. CC guidewire crossing was considered successful if the guidewire reached the distal segment of the CTO vessel through a retrograde approach. Technical CTO PCI success was defined as thrombolysis in myocardial infarction flow grade 3 and residual stenosis <30%. RESULTS Of 600 patients, 257 (43%) underwent CTO PCI through a retrograde approach. Successful CC guidewire crossing was achieved in 208 (81%) patients. The predictive value of the J-Channel score for CC guidewire crossing (area under curve 0.743) was comparable with the Rentrop classification (0.699, p = 0.094) and superior to the Werner grade (0.663, p = 0.002). Technical CTO PCI success was reported in 232 (90%) patients. The Rentrop classification exhibited a numerically higher discriminatory ability (0.676) compared to the J-Channel score (0.664) and Werner grade (0.589). CONCLUSIONS The J-channel score might aid in strategic collateral channel selection during retrograde CTO PCI. However, the J-Channel score, Rentrop classification, and Werner grade have limited value in predicting technical CTO PCI success.
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- Yvemarie B O Somsen
- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Cardiology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Niizeki T, Tsuchikane E, Konta T, Kishi K, Okada H, Ito Y, Oikawa Y, Yoshikawa R, Tanaka H. New Angiographic Difficulty Score for First-Attempt Chronic Total Occlusion in the 3 Major Coronary Arteries. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2023; 16:2542-2551. [PMID: 37879806 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.08.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Revised: 08/04/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/27/2023]
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BACKGROUND Chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is still challenging due to complex lesion morphology. Success rates may vary among the 3 major coronary arteries, influenced by clinical and angiographic characteristics. OBJECTIVES This study sought to evaluate the differences in the predictors of unsuccessful PCI in first-attempt CTO lesions of the 3 major coronary arteries compared with the J-CTO (Japanese CTO) score. METHODS This study assessed 6,408 first-attempt CTO patients from the Japanese CTO-PCI expert registry between January 2014 and December 2021, randomly assigned to derivation and validation sets. Difficulty scores for each artery were determined by assigning points to predictive unsuccessful factors. RESULTS The CTO lesions were distributed as follows: left anterior descending coronary artery: 2,245 (35%), left circumflex coronary artery: 1,131 (18%), and right coronary artery (RCA): 3,032 (47%). Regarding success rates, left circumflex coronary artery CTO had the lowest procedural success rate (90%) followed by RCA CTO (92%) and left anterior descending coronary artery CTO (94%). RCA CTO was significantly longer and more severely angulated, requiring more often the retrograde approach. A multivariate logistic analysis revealed that predictors of failed PCI were different in CTO lesions among the 3 major coronary arteries, respectively. Moreover, our difficulty score for RCA CTO was superior to the J-CTO score in predicting unsuccessful PCI. CONCLUSIONS Clinical and angiographic differences might explain the discrepancies of success rates in CTO lesions among the 3 major coronary arteries. Our novel difficulty score was comparable to the J-CTO score in predicting unsuccessful CTO-PCI with a superior discriminatory capacity.
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- Takeshi Niizeki
- Department of Cardiology, Okitama Public General Hospital, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Public Health and Hygiene, Yamagata University School of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Tokushima Red Cross Hospital, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan
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- Division of Cardiology, Saiseikai Yokohama-City Eastern Hospital, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cardiovascular Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Okayama, Japan
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Takahashi T, Hosogi S, Yamanaka T, Tsuchikane E. Chronic total occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery with collateral channels from the bronchial artery: a case report. Eur Heart J Case Rep 2023; 7:ytad484. [PMID: 37886010 PMCID: PMC10599609 DOI: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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Background Chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions contain various collateral channels. Only a few reports have described CTO with collateral channels from the bronchial arteries. Case summary Herein, we report the case of a 59-year-old man with a left circumflex (LCX) coronary artery CTO with collateral channels from the bronchial arteries. The J-CTO score was 1. After confirming myocardial viability and myocardial ischaemia using a stress myocardial perfusion imaging test, we performed percutaneous coronary intervention for the CTO lesion. Successful revascularization was achieved by adopting the antegrade approach with the angiogram guidance of distal visualization using the bronchial artery. Discussion Notably, there are no other reports of LCX CTO with collateral channels from the bronchial artery. Distal visualization of the distal true lumen is essential for the success of the antegrade approach. Furthermore, appropriate distal visualization helps to avoid unnecessary retrograde approaches and reduce complications.
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- Tetsuya Takahashi
- Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, 71 Nishimichishita, Hebita, Ishinomaki, Miyagi 996-8522, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Hosogi Hospital, 37 Daizen-cho, Kochi 780-0926, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Ishinomaki Hospital, 71 Nishimichishita, Hebita, Ishinomaki, Miyagi 996-8522, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, 21-1 Gobudori, Oyama-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi 441-8071, Japan
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Wang CF, Chen BJ, Luan B, Wang Y, Zhang XJ, Qu HB. Incidence, Predictors, and Strategies for Retrograde Wire Tracking Failure via Poor Septal Collateral Channels in Chronic Total Occlusion. Clin Interv Aging 2023; 18:1503-1512. [PMID: 37724173 PMCID: PMC10505379 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s424882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023] Open
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Background Retrograde guidewire (GW) tracking success via a poor septal collateral channel (CC) when an antegrade approach fails is crucial for successful revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) with poor septal CC. However, the incidence, predictors, and management strategies for retrograde GW tracking failure via poor septal CC remain unclear. Methods In total, 122 CTO patients who underwent retrograde septal percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with poor CC between January 2017 and May 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. Patients were divided into the retrograde GW tracking success group (success group) and the retrograde GW tracking failure group (failure group). Clinical and angiographic data were compared to investigate the predictors of retrograde GW tracking failure. Results The incidence of GW tracking failure was 22.1% (27/122). Patients in the failure group had a higher prevalence of left anterior descending artery (LAD) CTO (66.7% vs 37.9%; p = 0.009) and a higher incidence of well-developed non-septal collateral (66.7% vs 30.5%; p = 0.001). Patients with a septal CC diameter ≥ 1 mm (48.1% vs 70.5%; p = 0.040), ≥ 3 septal CCs (44.4% vs 66.3%; p = 0.046), and initial retrograde application of Guidezilla (37.0% vs 60.0%; p = 0.048) were significantly lower in the failure group than in the success group. The binary logistics regression model showed that a CC diameter < 1 mm, well-developed non-septal collateral, and LAD CTO were independent predictors for GW tracking failure in patients undergoing retrograde CTO PCI via poor septal CC. Conclusion The success rate of retrograde GW tracking via poor septal CC was high, with a relatively high procedural success rate. A CC diameter < 1 mm, well-developed non-septal collateral, and LAD CTO were independent predictors of GW tracking failure in patients undergoing retrograde CTO PCI via poor septal CC.
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- Cheng-Fu Wang
- Department of Cardiology, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shenzhen Luohu Hospital Group Luohu People’s Hospital (The Third Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University), Shenzhen, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The People’s Hospital of China Medical University, The People’s Hospital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
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Di Mario C, Mashayekhi KA, Garbo R, Pyxaras SA, Ciardetti N, Werner GS. Recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusions. EUROINTERVENTION 2022; 18:535-561. [PMID: 36134683 DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-21-01117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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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 microcatheters, the improved skills of highly experienced operators and the adoption of new sophisticated strategies to guide procedural planning. The contemporary procedural success rate is 80-90% with a reduction in complications. Although there has been no improvement in prognosis in randomised trials to date, they, and other controlled registries of thousands of patients, confirm the pivotal role of CTO recanalisation in the treatment of angina and dyspnoea and an improvement in quality of life. Despite this evidence, CTO recanalisation is grossly underutilised. This review reports a detailed overview of the history, indications and treatment strategies for CTO recanalisation and hopes to increase interest among new, and especially young, operators in this demanding, rapidly evolving field of interventional cardiology.
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- Carlo Di Mario
- Structural Interventional Cardiology Division, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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- GVM Care & Research, Maria Pia Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology Division, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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Assessing the Clinical Influence of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs) Revascularization and the Impact of Vascularization Completeness on Patients with Left Ventricular (LV) Systolic Dysfunction. COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE 2022; 2022:9128206. [PMID: 35990115 PMCID: PMC9385310 DOI: 10.1155/2022/9128206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 07/10/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Objectives This paper intends to assess the clinical influence of chronic total occlusions (CTOs), revascularization, and the impact of vascularization completeness on patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction. Background The roles of CTO vascularization in clinical benefits remain conflicting. In addition, data concerning the different results of CTO vascularization and vascularization completeness according to LV systole function were assessed. Methods From an overall 918 consecutive patients with at least one CTO, 281 patients with ejection fraction (EF) ≤40% accepted coronary angiographic analysis between Jan 1, 2012, and Dec 31, 2020, and 29 patients were excluded. Subsequently, 261 patients were grouped into the successful CTO-PCI revascularization group (SCR, n = 135) and the optimal medical therapy group (OMT, n = 126). The prognosis influence of successfully finished CTO-PCI and complete revascularization on survival was evaluated. The primary endpoint was cardiac mortality, and the secondary endpoints were major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE). Results After a median follow-up time of 38.02 months, the cardiac mortality (p=0.037) and MACCE (p=0.001) were more remarkable in the OMT group than in the SCR group. Moreover, patients with CTO-PCI had survival benefits from complete revascularization for MACCE (p=0.025) and cardiac mortality (p=0.041). Based on multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression analysis, age ≧ 75 years (HR: 3.443, 95% CI 1.719–6.897, p < 0.001) predicted a worse probability of cardiac mortality. Additionally, previous PCI (HR: 1.592, 95% CI 1.034–2.449, p=0.035) and previous MI (HR: 1.971, 95% CI 1.258–3.088, p=0.003) predicted a worse probability of MACCE, and SCR (HR: 0.499, 95% CI 0.320–0.776, p=0.002) was a protection predictor of MACCE. Conclusion In patients with LV systole dysfunction (EF ≤ 40%), successfully finished CTO-PCI is related to long-term survival benefits. The benefits were more remarkable in patients with complete coronary revascularization (CCR).
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Wu EB, Brilakis ES, Mashayekhi K, Tsuchikane E, Alaswad K, Araya M, Avran A, Azzalini L, Babunashvili AM, Bayani B, Behnes M, Bhindi R, Boudou N, Boukhris M, Bozinovic NZ, Bryniarski L, Bufe A, Buller CE, Burke MN, Buttner A, Cardoso P, Carlino M, Chen JY, Christiansen EH, Colombo A, Croce K, de Los Santos FD, de Martini T, Dens J, di Mario C, Dou K, Egred M, Elbarouni B, ElGuindy AM, Escaned J, Furkalo S, Gagnor A, Galassi AR, Garbo R, Gasparini G, Ge J, Ge L, Goel PK, Goktekin O, Gonzalo N, Grancini L, Hall A, Hanna Quesada FL, Hanratty C, Harb S, Harding SA, Hatem R, Henriques JPS, Hildick-Smith D, Hill JM, Hoye A, Jaber W, Jaffer FA, Jang Y, Jussila R, Kalnins A, Kalyanasundaram A, Kandzari DE, Kao HL, Karmpaliotis D, Kassem HH, Khatri J, Knaapen P, Kornowski R, Krestyaninov O, Kumar AVG, Lamelas PM, Lee SW, Lefevre T, Leung R, Li Y, Li Y, Lim ST, Lo S, Lombardi W, Maran A, McEntegart M, Moses J, Munawar M, Navarro A, Ngo HM, Nicholson W, Oksnes A, Olivecrona GK, Padilla L, Patel M, Pershad A, Postu M, Qian J, Quadros A, Rafeh NA, Råmunddal T, Prakasa Rao VS, Reifart N, Riley RF, Rinfret S, Saghatelyan M, Sianos G, Smith E, Spaedy A, Spratt J, Stone G, Strange JW, Tammam KO, Thompson CA, Toma A, Tremmel JA, Trinidad RS, Ungi I, Vo M, Vu VH, Walsh S, Werner G, Wojcik J, Wollmuth J, Xu B, Yamane M, Ybarra LF, Yeh RW, Zhang Q. Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol 2021; 78:840-853. [PMID: 34412818 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.05.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 04/16/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
The authors developed a global chronic total occlusion crossing algorithm following 10 steps: 1) dual angiography; 2) careful angiographic review focusing on proximal cap morphology, occlusion segment, distal vessel quality, and collateral circulation; 3) approaching proximal cap ambiguity using intravascular ultrasound, retrograde, and move-the-cap techniques; 4) approaching poor distal vessel quality using the retrograde approach and bifurcation at the distal cap by use of a dual-lumen catheter and intravascular ultrasound; 5) feasibility of retrograde crossing through grafts and septal and epicardial collateral vessels; 6) antegrade wiring strategies; 7) retrograde approach; 8) changing strategy when failing to achieve progress; 9) considering performing an investment procedure if crossing attempts fail; and 10) stopping when reaching high radiation or contrast dose or in case of long procedural time, occurrence of a serious complication, operator and patient fatigue, or lack of expertise or equipment. This algorithm can improve outcomes and expand discussion, research, and collaboration.
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- Eugene B Wu
- Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology, II University Heart Center Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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- Edith and Benson Ford Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Henry Ford Health System, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Clinica Alemana, Hospital Militar de Santiago, Santiago, Chile
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- Division of Cardiology, VCU Health Pauley Heart Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Royal North Shore Hospital, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Interventional Cardiology, Clinique Saint Augustin, Bordeaux, France
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- Cardiology Department, Abderrahment Mami Hospital, Faculty of Medicine of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- II Department of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Interventions, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Poland
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- Heart Center Krefeld, University Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany
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- Teleflex, Markham, Ontario, Canada; St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Santa Maria University Hospital, Lisbon Academic Medical Centre and Centro Cardiovascular da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, Cardio-Thoracic-Vascular Department, IRCCS, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong, China
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- Cardiology, Humanitas University, Humanitas IRCCS, Rozzano, Milan, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy
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- Research Center for Coronary Heart Disease, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Freeman Hospital & Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- St. Boniface Hospital & University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, Aswan Heart Centre, Magdi Yacoub Foundation, Aswan, Egypt
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- Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology NAMS, Kiev, Ukraine
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- Department of Invasive Cardiology, Maria Vittoria Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Medicine Department of PROMISE University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Maria Pia Hospital, GVM Care & Research, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Invasive Cardiology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
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- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Interventional Cardiology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
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- Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Medical University of Graz, University Heart Center, Graz, Austria
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- Wellington Hospital, Capital and Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Centre for Atherothrombosis and Metabolic Disease, Hull York Medical School, University of Hull, Hull, UK
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- Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Interventional Cardiology, Helsinki Heart Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Clinic of Cardiovascular Diseases, Riga East Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia
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- Piedmont Heart Institute and Cardiovascular Services, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiology Division, Cardiovascular Center, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Kasr Alainy Medical School, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt, and Fujairah Hospital, Ministry of Health, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
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- Heart Center of the Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Rabin Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Cardiology, Dr. L.H. Hiranandani Hospital, Mumbai, India
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- Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Prive Jacques Cartier, Massy, France
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- C.K. Hui Heart Centre, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Liverpool Hospital and The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Medical University of South Carolina, Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
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- NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Binawaluya Cardiac Center and Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Gadjahmada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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- Hospital de los Valles, Hospital de Especialidades Eugenio Espejo, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
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- Choray University Hospital, Hochiminh City, Vietnam
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- Heart Department, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Therapeutics, ICBA, Instituto Cardiovascular, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, California, USA
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- Chandler Regional Medical Center, Chandler, Arizona, USA
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- Cardiology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila," Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases "Prof Dr C.C. Iliescu," Bucharest, Romania
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- Beijing Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Interventional Cardiology Division and Post Graduate Course of Cardiology, Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon, and North Oaks Healthcare System, Hammond, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Cardiology, Main Taunus Heart Institute, Bad Soden, Germany
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- The Christ Hospital Health Network, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, Barts Heart Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK
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- St. George's University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA
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- Bristol Royal Infirmary, University Hospital Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK
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- Department at the International Medical Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Szeged, Department of Invasive Cardiology, Szeged, Hungary
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- Royal Columbian Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Heart Center University Medical Center, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Belfast, UK
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- Medizinische Klinik I Klinikum Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Hospital of Invasive Cardiology IKARDIA, Nałęczów/Lublin, Poland
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- Providence Heart and Vascular Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Fu Wai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Brinza C, Popa IV, Basarab A, Crisan-Dabija R, Burlacu A. Procedural Success Prediction Scoring Systems Used in Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for Chronic Total Occlusions: A Systematic Evaluation. Healthcare (Basel) 2021; 9:1033. [PMID: 34442170 PMCID: PMC8393835 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare9081033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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(1) Background: Data suggest that patients with coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) managed with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) could have better outcomes than those treated with optimal medical therapy alone. We aimed to systematically review dedicated scoring systems used to predict successful PCI in patients with CTO. (2) Methods: Electronic databases of MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase, and Cochrane were searched. (3) Results: 32 studies were included. We provided insights into all available predictive models of PCI success in CTO including predictive performance, validations, and comparisons between different scores and models' limitations. Considering the differences in the population included, coronary lesions, and techniques applied across clinical studies, the most used scores displayed a modest to good predictive value, as follows: J-CTO (AUC, 0.55-0.868), PROGRESS-CTO (AUC, 0.557-0.788), CL (AUC, 0.624-0.800), CASTLE (AUC, 0.633-0.68), and KCCT (AUC, 0.703-0.776). As PCI for CTO is one of the most complex interventions, using dedicated scoring systems could ensure an adequate case selection as well as preparation for an appropriate recanalization technique in order to increase chances of successful procedure. (4) Conclusion: Clinical models appear to be valuable tools for the prediction of PCI success in CTO patients. Clinicians should be aware of the limitations of each model and should be able to correctly select the most appropriate score according to real-life case particularities such as lesion complexity and operator experience in order to maximize success and achieve the best patients' outcomes.
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- Crischentian Brinza
- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases Institute, 700503 Iasi, Romania; (C.B.); (A.B.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases Institute, 700503 Iasi, Romania; (C.B.); (A.B.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
- Pulmonology Department, Clinic of Pulmonary Diseases, 700115 Iasi, Romania
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Diseases Institute, 700503 Iasi, Romania; (C.B.); (A.B.); (A.B.)
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Grigore T Popa”, 700115 Iasi, Romania;
- Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, 030167 Bucharest, Romania
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Kunkel KJ, Neupane S, Gupta A, Basir MB, Alaswad K. Antegrade versus retrograde techniques for Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO): a review and comparison of techniques and outcomes. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2021; 19:465-473. [PMID: 33945367 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1924677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Introduction: As the field of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention has evolved, technical approaches have evolved and been refined.Areas covered: In this review, we discuss the major techniques utilized in modern CTO PCI including antegrade wiring, antegrade dissection reentry, retrograde wiring, and retrograde dissection reentry. Retrograde techniques have been extensively studied in comparison to antegrade techniques. Retrograde techniques have contributed to increases in CTO PCI success rates and are generally used in higher complexity lesions. Observational data ssuggestincreased sshort-termcomplications in procedures requiring the use of retrograde techniques; however, llong-termCTO PCI durability and patient outcomes have been shown to be similar among procedures using antegrade only versus retrograde techniques.Expert opinion: Retrograde techniques play a vital role in the technical success of CTO PCI, particularly among more complex lesions and in patients with high burdens of comorbidities. Increases in procedural safety with equipment iteration and in the use of adjunctive imaging will play an important role in the selection of appropriate retrograde conduits and the overall success rates of CTO PCI.
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, WakeMed Heart Center, WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina, US
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- Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group, Los Angeles, California, US
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- Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, US
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- Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, US
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Zografos T, Tsiafoutis I, Tsoumeleas A, Floropoulou C, Gkini C, Koutouzis M. Chronic Total Occlusion PCI Techniques in 2020. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11936-021-00914-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Alfonso F, Gonzalo N, Rivero F, Escaned J. The year in cardiovascular medicine 2020: interventional cardiology. Eur Heart J 2021; 42:985-1003. [PMID: 33448291 PMCID: PMC7928953 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa1096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2020] [Revised: 12/11/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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- Fernando Alfonso
- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria IIS-IP, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBERCV, C/Diego de León 62, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. C/ Martín Lagos s/n 28042 Madrid, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria IIS-IP, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, CIBERCV, C/Diego de León 62, Madrid 28006, Spain
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- Cardiology Department, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. C/ Martín Lagos s/n 28042 Madrid, Spain
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Morino Y. A contemporary review of clinical significances of percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions, with some Japanese insights. Cardiovasc Interv Ther 2021; 36:145-157. [PMID: 33656694 DOI: 10.1007/s12928-021-00766-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The clinical "significance" of percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO-PCI) has been evaluated. In the beginning, the effects on clinical endpoints were investigated by comparisons between cases of success and failure of CTO-PCI, which mostly demonstrated better long-term outcomes in the successful cases. Similarly, improvement of cardiac function or wall motion was proven by serial observational studies. Accordingly, several prospective randomized trials (RCTs), which should confirm such accumulated potential benefits, were recently conducted by comparison with studies of patients that had received optical medical therapy (OMT) alone. While they mostly demonstrated significant improvement of angina symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in the CTO-PCI group, they failed to prove a reduction of clinical events or improvement of left ventricle wall motion, compared with OMT. Concurrent guidelines or consensus documents emphasize that the principal indication for CTO-PCI is to improve symptoms. To determine strategy, the following must be discussed in each individual case: the probability of procedural success, the expectation of long-term patency, and an assessment of the balance between procedure-related complications and overall benefits. In essence, we believe the following facts to be the current sincere appraisal of CTO-PCI: (1) improvements of symptoms and QOL are established, but the others remain inconclusive, and; (2) their margins for improvement are narrowing and numbers of candidates are shrinking. Precision medicine or individualization may be the right directions to take, to enhance the potential of this treatment. This course of action demands discrimination of those candidates who will truly receive benefits from invasive treatment, and that still requires further clinical studies or actions.
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- Yoshihiro Morino
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idai-Odori, Yahaba, Iwate, 028-3695, Japan.
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Kim SH, Behnes M, Mashayekhi K, Bufe A, Meyer-Gessner M, El-Battrawy I, Akin I. Prognostic Impact of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion in Acute and Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction. J Clin Med 2021; 10:E258. [PMID: 33445664 PMCID: PMC7828144 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10020258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) has gained increasing clinical attention as the most advanced form of coronary artery disease. Prior studies already indicated a clear association of CTO with adverse clinical outcomes, especially in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and concomitant CTO of the non-infarct-related coronary artery (non-IRA). Nevertheless, the prognostic impact of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of CTO in the acute setting during AMI is still controversial. Due to the complexity of the CTO lesion, CTO-PCI leads to an increased risk of complications compared to non-occlusive coronary lesions. Therefore, this review outlines the prognostic impact of CTO-PCI in patients with AMI. In addition, the prognostic impact of periprocedural myocardial infarction caused by CTO-PCI will be discussed.
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- Seung-Hyun Kim
- First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (M.B.); (I.E.-B.); (I.A.)
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- First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (M.B.); (I.E.-B.); (I.A.)
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology II, University Heart Center Freiburg, 79189 Bad Krozingen, Germany;
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Centre Niederrhein, Helios Clinic Krefeld, 47805 Krefeld, Germany;
- University Witten/Herdecke, 58455 Witten, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care, Augusta Hospital, 40472 Düsseldorf, Germany;
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- First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (M.B.); (I.E.-B.); (I.A.)
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- First Department of Medicine, University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM), Faculty of Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, and DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) Partner Site Heidelberg/Mannheim, 68167 Mannheim, Germany; (M.B.); (I.E.-B.); (I.A.)
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Karabulut A, Gorgulu S, Kocagoz T. Rational guidewire use in the coronary chronic total occlusion interventions. Egypt Heart J 2020; 72:78. [PMID: 33159618 PMCID: PMC7648775 DOI: 10.1186/s43044-020-00115-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Procedures for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) are still a clinical challenge with relatively lower success rates. Recent advances in the biotechnology and introduction of CTO-dedicated guidewires have increased the procedural success rate of CTO interventions. Herein, we aimed to reveal the clinical and angiographic predictors of the crossability of the initial guidewire choice and rational guidewire usage in CTO interventions. A total of 177 patients with an indication for a coronary CTO procedure were included in this study. The use of 1–3 guidewires and crossing of the CTO lesion with the initial guidewire choice was defined as rational guidewire usage. The CTO lesions were classified according to the Japanese chronic total occlusion registry (J-CTO) and EuroCTO scores for evaluating the difficulty of the procedures. Then, a statistical analysis was performed to assess the initial guidewire choice, crossability, and contributors to rational guidewire usage. Results The mean J-CTO score was 1.42 ± 1.16, and the mean EuroCTO score was 1.44 ± 1.18. The success rate of the procedures was 90.4%. The initial guidewire choice crossed the lesion in 44.1% of the cases, in which 1–3 guidewires were used (82.1%). The crossability of the polymeric and moderate stiff tip guidewires was higher (82.1% and 64.1%, respectively), and the Pilot series was the most successful brand (36.2%). Logistic regression analysis confirmed that J-CTO score, procedural technique, guidewire type, and stiffness of the tip were the major predictors of rational guidewire usage. Conclusion Our analysis showed that the use of polymeric and moderate stiff tip guidewires, particularly the Pilot brand, were associated with rational guidewire usage in easy and intermediate difficulty CTO cases.
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Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Xenogiannis I, Werner GS, Gershlick AH, Rinfret S, Yamane M, Avran A, Egred M, Garcia S, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Latest developments in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2020; 18:415-426. [PMID: 32594784 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2020.1787153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CTO PCI) is now performed with high success rates and acceptable complication rates. AREAS COVERED We describe recent clinical and technological developments in CTO PCI from 2018 to 2020. EXPERT OPINION After publication of six randomized controlled trials, improving patient symptoms remains the principal indication for CTO PCI. Although good outcomes can be achieved with CTO PCI at experienced centers, success rates are significantly lower at less experienced centers, despite increased use in CTO crossing algorithms and development of novel and improved equipment and techniques.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ilias Nikolakopoulos
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | - Evangelia Vemmou
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | - Judit Karacsonyi
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | - Iosif Xenogiannis
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | - Gerald S Werner
- Medizinische Klinik I (Cardiology & Intensive Care), Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH , Darmstadt, Germany
| | - Anthony H Gershlick
- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute of Health Research Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital , Leicester, UK
| | - Stephane Rinfret
- McGill University Health Centre, McGill University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| | - Masahisa Yamane
- Cardiology Department, Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital , Saitama, Japan
| | - Alexandre Avran
- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Clinique Pasteur, Essey-lès-nancy , France
| | - Mohaned Egred
- Cardiothoracic Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle University , Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
| | - Santiago Garcia
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | - M Nicholas Burke
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
| | - Emmanouil S Brilakis
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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