Does successful CTO-PCI improve quality of life in symptomatic patients with chronic total occlusions compared to optimal medical therapy or failed CTO-PCI?
Successful percutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusions improves quality of life in symptomatic patients compared to medical therapy alone or failed procedures.
In this systematic review and meta-analysis examining quality of life following CTO-PCI, successful procedures were associated with improved quality-of-life parameters compared with patients on optimal medical therapy or after failed CTO-PCI. These findings suggest support for using PCI to treat CTOs in symptomatic patients unresponsive to medical treatment.
Küçükseymen et al. (Thu,) studied this question.