Meta-analysis of the impact of successful chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention on left ventricular systolic function and reverse remodeling.
Michael MegalyMarwan SaadPeter TajtiM Nicholas BurkeIvan ChavezMario GösslDaniel LipsMichael MooneyAnil PoulosePaul SorajjaJay TraverseYale WangLouis P KohlSteven M BradleyEmmanouil S BrilakisPublished in: Journal of interventional cardiology (2018)
Successful CTO PCI is associated with a statistically significant improvement in LV ejection fraction and decrease in LV end-systolic volume, that may reflect a beneficial effect of CTO recanalization on LV remodeling. The clinical implications of these findings warrant further investigation.
Keyphrases
- left ventricular
- ejection fraction
- aortic stenosis
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- acute myocardial infarction
- systematic review
- heart failure
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- blood pressure
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- left atrial
- mitral valve
- atrial fibrillation
- meta analyses
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- middle cerebral artery
- randomized controlled trial
- case control
- endovascular treatment
- aortic valve