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Advancements in techniques and materials over the past decade have increased the success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions to approximately 90%, achieving long-term patency comparable or superior to surgical revascularization. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

January 1, 2013Interventional Cardiology Reviews Research ResourcesOpen Access

Challenges in Complicated Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Recanalisation

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Population

Patients with coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs)

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NRNicolaus ReifartInterventional Cardiology

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Implication

Supports expanded CTO PCI referral to experienced centers; leaves open need for RCTs to define optimal patient selection.

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Population

Patients with coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs)

Intervention

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents

This review highlights that with modern techniques and materials, PCI for chronic total occlusions achieves success and long-term patency rates of approximately 90%.

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Nicolaus Reifart (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1cbca7732133fe9885d542 https://doi.org/10.15420/icr.2013.8.2.107

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Chronic total occlusion PCI Percutaneous coronary intervention

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