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Impact of complete revascularization on long-term clinical outcomes for patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary chronic total occlusion lesion
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a substantial risk factor in develo** coronary artery disease (CAD), coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions are...
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Clinical outcome of drug-coated balloons in patients with femoropopliteal chronic total occlusive lesions: results from the multicenter EAGLE study
BackgroundSeveral studies have reported the efficacy of drug-coated balloons (DCB) for simple femoropopliteal (FP) lesions. However, the...
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Health resource utilization and cost before versus after initiation of second-generation long-acting injectable antipsychotics among adults with schizophrenia in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective, observational single-arm study
BackgroundLong-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics, along with community treatment orders (CTOs), are used to improve treatment effectiveness...
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A novel use of small ballons to reduce the risk of subintimal hematoma formation during recanalization of chronic total occlusion: two case reports
BackgroundSubintimal hematoma remains a major challenge associated with unnecessary technical complexity, failure of the antegrade approach or...
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Impact of impaired renal function on outcomes of chronic total occlusion undergoing revascularization: a systemic review and meta-analysis
PurposePatients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have an associated burden of coronary artery disease, including chronic total occlusions (CTO). It...
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Risk Factors of Open Surgery Conversion in Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy to Achieve Nephron Sparing
ObjectivesWe aimed to evaluate the risk factors for the conversion from laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) to open surgery to achieve partial...
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Predictive value of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging in patients with unrevascularized coronary chronic total occlusion
ObjectiveData involved the association between myocardial ischaemia and the outcome for unrevascularized coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO)...
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Recovery of right ventricular function and strain in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and concurrent chronic total occlusion
The right ventricle (RV) is frequently involved in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) when the culprit or concurrent chronic total...
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Increased autonomy with capacity-based mental health legislation in Norway: a qualitative study of patient experiences of having come off a community treatment order
BackgroundCapacity-based mental health legislation was introduced in Norway on 1 September 2017. The aim was to increase the autonomy of patients...
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Outcomes of successful vs. failed contemporary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention
BackgroundThere are limited contemporary data on the impact of success vs. failure on the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous...
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Compassion toward others and self-compassion predict mental and physical well-being: a 5-year longitudinal study of 1090 community-dwelling adults across the lifespan
There is growing interest in the role of compassion in promoting health and well-being, with cross-sectional data showing an inverse correlation with...
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Twenty-Four-Month Safety and Effectiveness of TCD-17187 Drug-Coated Balloon for Treatment of Atherosclerotic Lesions in Superficial Femoral and Proximal Popliteal Artery
PurposeIn the present trial, the 24-month safety and effectiveness of the TCD-17187 drug-coated balloon (DCB) for the treatment of atherosclerotic...
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An AnteOwl WR intravascular ultrasound-guided parallel wiring technique for chronic total occlusion of below-the-knee arteries
BackgroundAlthough endovascular therapy is used to treat chronic limb-threatening ischemia, long chronic total occlusion (CTO) is still challenging...
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The “Direct tip injection in occlusive lesions (DIOL)” fashion
BackgroundThe successful intervention for peripheral artery disease is limited by complex chronic total occlusions (CTOs). During CTO wiring, without...
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High serum levels of N-epsilon-carboxymethyllysine are associated with poor coronary collateralization in type 2 diabetic patients with chronic total occlusion of coronary artery
BackgroundThe formation of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) is a crucial risk factor for the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases in...
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Leveraging WHO’s Global Benchmarking Tool to strengthen capacity in clinical trials oversight for public health emergencies: the GHPP VaccTrain model
BackgroundA stable, well-functioning and integrated national medicines regulatory system is a core component of health systems resilient against...
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A novel tapered guide extension catheter facilitated successful completion of complex percutaneous coronary intervention
BackgroundGuide extension catheters (GEC) are widely applied to cope with insufficient backup support in complex percutaneous coronary intervention...
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Technisches Rüstzeug für chronisch verschlossene Gefäße
Percutaneous revascularization of chronic total occlusion (CTO) of coronary vessels represents a major challenge for contemporary interventional...
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Inclusion of quantitative high-density plaque in coronary computed tomographic score system to predict the time of guidewire crossing chronic total occlusion
ObjectiveThis study aimed to establish a new scoring system that includes histological quantitative features derived from coronary computed...
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Infarct-related chronic total coronary occlusion and the risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmic events in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survivors
IntroductionChronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) has been identified as a risk factor for ventricular arrhythmias, especially a CTO in an...
