Single vs. multiple operators for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: From the PROGRESS-CTO Registry.
Judit KaracsonyiKhaldoon AlaswadOleg KrestyaninovDimitri KarmpaliotisAjay KirtaneZiad A AliMargaret McEntegartAmirali MasoumiPaul PoomipanitFarouc A JafferJaikirshan J KhatriJames W ChoiMitul PatelMichalis KoutouzisYiannis TsiafoutisSevket GorguluAbdul M SheikhBasem ElbarouniWissam JaberAhmed ElGuindyRobert YehSpyridon KostantinisBahadir SimsekBavana RanganOlga C MastrodemosEvangelia VemmouIlias NikolakopoulosImre UngiNidal A RafehOmer GoktekinM Nicholas BurkeEmmanouil S BrilakisYader SandovalPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2023)
In a contemporary, multicenter registry, 15% of CTO PCI cases were performed by multiple operators. Despite being more complex, SO cases had lower procedural and fluoroscopy times, and similar technical and procedural success and risk of complications compared with MO cases.