Impact of chronic total occlusion lesion length on six-month angiographic and 2-year clinical outcomes.
Jihun AhnSeung Woon RhaByoungGeol ChoiSe Yeon ChoiJae Kyeong ByunAhmed MashalyKareem AbdelshafiYoonjee ParkWon Young JangWoohyeun KimJah Yeon ChoiEunJin ParkJin Oh NaCheol Ung ChoiEungJu KimChang Gyu ParkHong Seog SeoDong Joo OhJin Soo ByonSangHo ParkHyeYon YuPublished in: PloS one (2018)
The safety profile, 6-month angiographic, and 2-year clinical outcomes of CTO PCI were similar between patients with long and short CTO. However, there was a higher incidence of repeat PCI in long CTO patients despite successful PCI with DESs.
Keyphrases
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- antiplatelet therapy
- end stage renal disease
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- ejection fraction
- atrial fibrillation
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- risk factors
- prognostic factors
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- heart failure
- left ventricular