Survival benefit of revascularization versus optimal medical therapy alone for chronic total occlusion management in patients with diabetes.
Eduardo J Flores-UmanzorPedro L Cepas-GuillenSara VázquezAndrea Fernandez-ValledorJuan Ivey-MirandaMarc IzquierdoGuillem CaldenteyGustavo Jimenez-BritezAnder RegueiroXavier FreixaMarta FarreroIgnacio Ferreira-GonzálezVictoria Martin-YusteManel SabatéPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
In our registry, CTO revascularization in diabetic patients, especially with CABG, was associated with lower long-term mortality rates as compared to MT alone.