THE APPLICATION OF THE JAPANESE CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION (J–CTO) SCORE TO TAILOR APPROACHES AND PREDICT SUCCESS IN CHRONIC TOTAL OCCLUSION PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTIONS (CTO PCI)

Autor: Benjamin Tyrrell, Po Cheung, Neil Brass, William Hui, Shantu Bundhoo, R. Leung
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(10)
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(13)61689-7
Popis: In the J–CTO model, angiographic variables of blunt entry, calcification, lesion length >20mm, angle>45o and previous PCI attempt are independent predictors of CTO PCI failure. While the use of bilateral injections and retrograde approach during CTO PCI remain operator dependent, these strategies
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