Chronic total occlusion or non-chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Do myocytes really care?
Arun KalyanasundaramAshok SethPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
Chronic total occlusions subtend a more extensive perfusion defect size compared to non-chronic total occlusion lesions. Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO PCI) results in significant improvement in myocardial blood flow and reduction in perfusion defect size. Improvement in hyperemic myocardial blood Flow (MBF), coronary flow reserve (CFR) and perfusion defect size is comparable in CTO and hemodynamically significant non-CTO PCI.
Keyphrases
- blood flow
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- acute myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- contrast enhanced
- atrial fibrillation
- left ventricular
- healthcare
- coronary artery bypass
- magnetic resonance imaging
- quality improvement
- heart failure
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance