Cardiac and sudden death after chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Prognostic role of the target vessel.
Andrea ScottiCosmo GodinoAndrea Raffaele MunafòCarlo A PivatoMauro ChiaritoGiorgio FioreSilvana Di MaioPasquale VergaraPaolo Della BellaMauro CarlinoAlberto MargonatoAntonio ColomboPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
Unsuccessful percutaneous CTO revascularization was associated with lower cardiac survival and freedom from SCD/SVAs, irrespective of the vessel treated. This result was mainly driven by patients with an IRA CTO.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- left ventricular
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- minimally invasive
- heart failure
- atrial fibrillation
- coronary artery bypass
- free survival