Improvement of angiographic and clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion after implementation of a dedicated team: a single-centre experience.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In a Dutch heart centre, a dedicated chronic total occlusion (CTO) team was implemented in June 2017. The aim of this study was to the evaluate treatment success and clinical outcomes before and after this implementation.

Methods

A total of 662 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for a CTO between January 2013 and June 2020 were included and divided into pre- and post-CTO team groups. The primary endpoint was the angiographic success rate of CTO-PCI. Secondary endpoints included angiographic success stratified by complexity using the J‑CTO score and the following clinical outcomes: in-hospital complications and myocardial infarction, target vessel revascularisation, all-cause mortality, quality of life (QoL) and major adverse cardiac

SUBMITTER: Polimac L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9950300 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature