Guide catheter extension use are associated with higher procedural success in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions.
Evandro M FilhoGustavo Neves de AraujoGuilherme Pinheiro MachadoLucio PadillaJoão E T de PaulaAntonio C BotelhoCarlos A H de Magalhães CamposFranklin L H QuesadaMarco AlcantaraRicardo SantiagoFélix D de Los SantosMarcos Danillo P OliveiraMarcelo H RibeiroLuiz PerezMauro E PintoLeandro A CôrtesPedro PiccaroEmmanouil S BrilakisAlexandre Schaan de QuadrosPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2024)
In a contemporary, multicenter cohort of patients undergoing CTO PCI, GCEs were used in older patients, with more comorbidities and complex anatomy. After PSM, GCE use was associated with higher procedural success, and similar incidence of adverse outcomes.
Keyphrases
- patients undergoing
- coronary artery disease
- physical activity
- ultrasound guided
- coronary artery
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- risk factors
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- minimally invasive
- community dwelling
- middle aged
- antiplatelet therapy
- cross sectional
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- heart failure
- radiofrequency ablation
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- aortic valve