Angiographic and clinical outcomes of antegrade versus retrograde techniques for chronic total occlusion revascularizations: Insights from the PRISON IV trial.

Carlo ZivelonghiMitzi van AndelGabriele VenturiGiovanni AmorosoKoen TeeuwenJan G P TijssenDomenico TavellaFlavio RibichiniJurrien M Ten BergBenno J ResningJosé P S HenriquesMaarten J SuttorpPierfrancesco AgostoniRenè J Van der Schaaf

Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2018)

The present analysis supports the benefits of retrograde techniques in CTO revascularization, with non-significant differences in angiographic and clinical outcomes at late follow-up.

Keyphrases

study protocol
clinical trial
phase iii
coronary artery bypass grafting
phase ii
acute coronary syndrome
data analysis