Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Chronic Total Occlusion - Profile, Technique and Outcome - The Malabar Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) remains a challenge. The reasons being that these procedures may be lengthy and complex, with elevated radiation exposure, increased contrast load, lower procedural success rate, and a higher risk of complication when compared with non-CTO elective PCI.Clarifying the long-term clinical outcomes of CTO-PCI is very important to justify potential investments in training and technology. However, there is a paucity of data from Indian subcontinent. Hence we decided to report the outcomes from a real-life cohort of consecutive patients undergoing elective PCI for CTO at our institution.

Materials and methods

Single-center, prospective observational study. A total of 339 consecutive patients who

SUBMITTER: Vinayakumar D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7640566 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature