The evolution of the CTO-PCI landscape in Belgium and Luxembourg: a four-year appraisal.
Ward EertmansPeter KayaertJohan BennettClaudiu UngureanuYoann BatailleGeorges SaadSteven Els Frans HainePatrick CoussementBruno PereiraPierfrancesco AgostoniLuc JanssensBert VandelooPatrick MaréchalKristoff CornelisQuentin de HemptinneAdel AminianFrancis StammenStéphane CarlierPatrick TimmermansSteven VercauterenJeroen SonckFrédéric De VroeyBenny DriegheKeir McCutcheonBenjamin ScottLaurent DavinChadi GafariJo Densnull nullPublished in: Acta cardiologica (2020)
With variable experience levels, operators treated CTOs with high success and relatively few complications. Although AWE remains the most used technique, it is paramount for operators to be skilled in all contemporary techniques in order to be successful in more complex CTOs.