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Dimitri Karmpaliotis

TCT-282 Risk Factors Associated with Adverse Events during Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: A sub-Analysis of the OPEN-CTO Study

Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are prevalent and the development of the hybrid approach to CTO PCI has been associated with increased technical success rates. However, the incidence and predictors of adverse events (AEs) during CTO PCI remains poorly defined. We analyzed baseline patient

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Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. A Global Expert Consensus Document

© American Heart Association, Inc.

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Appropriateness of percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions: an overview

Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are commonly encountered in patients undergoing coronary angiography. Several observational studies have demonstrated that successful CTO revascularization is associated with better cardiovascular outcomes and enhanced quality of life (QOL). However, in the absence of randomized trials, its prognostic benefit for patients remains debated. Over the past decade, the interest of the interventional community in CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has exponentially grown due to important developments in dedicated equipment and techniques, resulting in high success and low complication rates. Both European and American guidelines have assigned a c…

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Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC By-NC-ND License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4)

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Procedural characteristics and outcomes following chronic total occlusion coronary intervention: pooled analysis from 5 registries.

Background Recent improvement in clinical skills, technology and hardware has resulted in improved success rates with chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We performed a study level pooled analysis from the five largest registries of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of CTO. Research design and methods We conducted pooled analysis of 9500 patients in registries and data on procedural characteristics, technical success, and MACCE was collected. Results A total of 9500 patients were included in the analysis. Mean age was 65.4 years with previous CABG in 24.8%, reattempt procedure in 24.8% and mean JCTO score was 2.2. Final wiring strategy in hybrid al…

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Update in the Percutaneous Management of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusions (CTOs) has been rapidly evolving during recent years. With improvement in equipment and techniques, high success rates can be achieved at experienced centers, although overall success rates remain low. Prospective, randomized-controlled data regarding optimal use and indications for CTO PCI remain limited. CTO PCI should be performed when the anticipated benefit exceeds the potential risk. New high-quality studies of the clinical outcomes and techniques of CTO PCI are needed, as is the expansion of expert centers and operators that can achieve excellent clinical outcomes in this challenging patient and lesion subgroup. In…

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TCT-16 Patient and Procedural Characteristics and In-Hospital Outcomes Associated With the Use of Retrograde Recanalization Techniques for Chronic Total Occlusion PCI: A Report from the Open CTO Registry

Since the introduction of the Hybrid Algorithm for Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) PCI, the use of retrograde recanalization techniques has become more common. We sought to identify patient and procedural characteristics necessitating use of retrograde CTO techniques using a multicenter, adjudicated,

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Outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction.

Background: The relationship between left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and the success and safety of coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has received limited study. Methods: We examined the clinical characteristics and outcomes of CTO PCI in the Prospective Global Registry for the Study of CTO Intervention (PROGRESS-CTO) after stratifying patients by LVEF (≤35%, 36%–49%, and ≥50%). Results: A total of 7827 CTO PCI procedures with LVEF data were included. Mean age was 64 ± 10 years, 81% were men, 43% had diabetes mellitus, 61% had prior PCI, 45% had prior myocardial infarction, and 29% had prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Technic…

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Global Chronic Total Occlusion Crossing Algorithm: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier on behalf of the American College of Cardiology Foundation. This is an open access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license.

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