Contemporary Management Before Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights From the Veterans Affairs Clinical Assessment, Reporting, and Tracking Program.
Stanley A SwatAnnika HebbeMary E PlomondonKi E ParkRory S BrickerStephen W WaldoJavier Alfonso VallePublished in: Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes (2023)
Just under half of patients received guideline-recommended management before CTO PCI, with significant site and operator variability. These findings suggest an opportunity to reduce variability in management before CTO PCI.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- end stage renal disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute coronary syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- coronary artery
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- atrial fibrillation
- physical activity
- emergency department
- heart failure
- peritoneal dialysis
- minimally invasive
- prognostic factors
- quality improvement
- radiofrequency ablation