Prognostic impact of coronary chronic total occlusion on recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias and ICD therapies.
Michael BehnesKambis MashayekhiPhilipp KucheSeung-Hyun KimTobias SchuppMax von ZworowskyLinda ReiserArmin BollowGabriel TatonThomas ReicheltMartin BorggrefeDominik EllguthNiko EngelkeKathrin WeidnerSimon LindnerJulian MüllerUzair AnsariDirk Große MeininghausThomas BertschSiegfried LangIbrahim AkinPublished in: Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society (2020)
A coronary CTO even in the presence of less developed collaterals and more complex CTO category is associated with increasing risk of recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias at 5 years in consecutive ICD recipients.