Incidence, predictors, and outcomes of distal vessel expansion on follow-up intravascular ultrasound after recanalization of chronic total occlusions using new-generation drug-eluting stents: Data from the CTO-IVUS randomized trial.
Sung Jin HongByeong-Keuk KimYoung-Joo KimSeung Woon RhaSeung-Jin LeeHee-Yeol KimJin-Ho ChoiChul-Min AhnJung-Sun KimYoung-Guk KoDoonghoon ChoiMeyong-Ki HongYangsoo JangPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
After opening CTO with new-generation DES, two-thirds of patients exhibited distal vessel expansion on 1-year follow-up IVUS. Expansion determinants were a proximal CTO, lower LAdistal , and larger stent areas relative to the LAdistal (modifiable procedural predictors).