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November 11, 2004Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Novel mechanical and biological approaches are being developed to overcome the technical challenges of percutaneous recanalization of chronic total occlusions.

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Patients with chronic total coronary occlusions (CTOs)

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Review

Authors

ASAmit SegevBSBradley H. Strauss

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Overview

CTO recanalization technologies remain investigational; leaves open their impact on procedural success and outcomes.

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Population
Patients with chronic total coronary occlusions (CTOs)
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Intervention
Novel mechanical (specialized guidewires, laser guidewire, optical coherence reflectometry, blunt microdissection catheter) and biological (plasminogen activators, collagenase) approaches for CTO revascularization

This review highlights emerging mechanical and biological technologies aimed at improving the success rates of percutaneous recanalization of chronic total coronary occlusions.

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Segev et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1cbca7732133fe9885d555https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8183.2004.04084.x
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