June 19, 2007Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions: Improved survival for patients with successful revascularization compared to a failed procedure
Why the study?
Does successful revascularization of a CTO by PCI improve survival rate in patients with a CTO compared to a failed CTO procedure?
Population
Patients with a chronic total occlusion (CTO)
Comparison
Successful revascularization of a CTO by… vs Failed CTO procedure
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Discussion
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Implication
Supports survival benefit with successful CTO PCI; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
Structured PICO
Does successful revascularization of a CTO by PCI improve survival rate in patients with a CTO compared to a failed CTO procedure?
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Population
Patients with a chronic total occlusion (CTO)
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Intervention
Successful revascularization of a CTO by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
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Comparator
Failed CTO procedure
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Outcome
Survival ratehard clinical
Successful PCI for chronic total occlusions is associated with improved survival compared to failed procedures.
Cite This Study
Aziz et al. (2007) studied this question.