Long-term outcomes of medical therapy versus successful recanalisation for coronary chronic total occlusions in patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Lei GuoJunjie WangHuaiyu DingShaoke MengXiaoyan ZhangHaichen LvLei ZhongJian WuJiaying XuXuchen ZhouRongchong HuangPublished in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2020)
For treatment of CTO, successful CTO-PCI highly reduces the risk of MACE in diabetic patients when compared with medical therapy. However, this does not apply to non-diabetic patients.