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Use your head: overcoming epicardial complications during a single-catheter chronic total occlusion—a case-based review
The success of attempts at opening chronic total occlusions (CTO) has dramatically increased in recent times due to the development of new techniques...
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The impact of successful chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention on long-term clinical outcomes in real world
BackgroundCoronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are related to increased risk of adverse clinical outcomes. The optimal treatment strategy for CTO...
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Impact of chronic total occlusion lesions on clinical outcomes in patients receiving rotational atherectomy: results from the ROCK registry
The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of chronic total occlusion (CTO) on clinical outcomes in patients with calcified coronary lesions...
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Chronic Total Occlusion PCI Techniques in 2020
Purpose of reviewChronic total occlusions (CTO) represent a frequently encountered subset of coronary lesions, where percutaneous coronary...
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Impact of intravascular ultrasound parameters and platelet reactivity on primary patency after drug-coated balloon angioplasty for femoropopliteal artery disease
Although the superiority of DCBs to uncoated balloon angioplasty for the treatment of femoropopliteal (FP) lesions has been demonstrated, the...
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Efficacy of navigating through the intraplaque route using AnteOwl WR intravascular ultrasound in femoropopliteal chronic total occlusion
BackgroundThere is no consensus on the optimal guidewire passage route for femoropopliteal (FP) chronic total occlusion (CTO). If intraplaque wiring...
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Clinical outcome of drug-coated balloon versus scaffold device in patients with superficial femoral artery chronic total occlusion
The demand for endovascular therapy is increasing in an aging society, but the problem of restenosis in the chronic phase has not been resolved in...
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Practitioner Perspectives About Managing Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in England and the Importance of Social Influences
Previous research in England has suggested a medical acceptance of Community Treatment Order (CTO) coercion, but none have explored the importance of...
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Functional recovery after percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions: insights from cardiac magnetic resonance tissue tracking
To evaluate the effect of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) on left ventricular (LV) strain...
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Technical Success of the GoBack™ Crossing Catheter in Chronic Total Occlusion in Patients with Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia
PurposeTo assess the technical success of GoBack™ crossing catheter in chronic total occlusion.
Materials and MethodsA retrospective review of...
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Angiographic Scoring System for Predicting Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of In-Stent Chronic Total Occlusion
The purpose of this study was to develop a scoring model to predict the technical success of recanalizing via antegrade approach in-stent chronic...
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Early stent fractures in superficial femoral artery resulting multiple pseudoaneurysm formation within one year: a case report
BackgroundThough fracture is known complication of stenting, pseudoaneurysm asscoiated with stent fracture is an extremely rare complication. This...
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Endovascular revascularization of heavily calcified occlusion in superior mesenteric artery using Transcollateral approach
BackgroundMesenteric ischaemia is often a manifestation of severe vascular disease involving the superior mesenteric artery (SMA). Endovascular...
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Long-term prognosis of chronic total occlusion treated by successful percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with or without diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundDiabetes mellitus (DM) is highly prevalent among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion...
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The long-term impact of a chronic total occlusion in a non-infarct-related artery on acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction after primary coronary intervention
ObjectivesTo investigate the long-term outcome of patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and a chronic total...
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Endovascular therapy for severely calcified plaque at the superficial femoral artery using myocardial biopsy forceps
BackgroundCurrently, the success rate of EVT for treating CTO of the SFA is high; however, EVT is still found to be insufficient in treating CTOs...
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Combining transradial access and sheathless femoral access for complex iliac artery chronic total occlusions
BackgroundThe transradial approach (TRA) is associated with fewer serious access site-related complications compared with the transfemoral or...
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A contemporary review of clinical significances of percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions, with some Japanese insights
The clinical “significance” of percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO-PCI) has been evaluated. In the...
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A computed tomography algorithm for crossing coronary chronic total occlusions: riding on the wave of the proximal cap and distal vessel segment
With wider adoption of coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA), chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are being increasingly identified and...
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Rational guidewire use in the coronary chronic total occlusion interventions
BackgroundProcedures for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) are still a clinical challenge with relatively lower success rates. Recent advances...