Compared with other types of complex PCI, chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI is less often associated with procedural success and carries a higher risk of complications such as coronary perforation and ...

The procedural success of chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI has been steadily increasing despite rising lesion complexity, according to new observational data derived from centers across Europe. “CTO ...

IVUS-guided reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking yielded a procedural success rate of more than 90% in a cohort of patients requiring percutaneous revascularization of ...

The success rate of transradial PCI was comparable to that of transfemoral PCI for treatment of noncomplex chronic total occlusions, but the transradial PCI success rate was significantly lower when ...

PARIS — Findings from the prospective Consistent CTO study offer a bit of optimism for complex chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in highly symptomatic patients. In ...