Impact of revascularization versus medical therapy alone for chronic total occlusion management in older patients.
Eduardo Josué Flores-UmanzorSara VázquezPedro Cepas-GuillenJuan Ivey-MirandaGuillem CaldenteyGustavo Jimenez-BritezAnder RegueiroXavier FreixaRut AndreaIgnacio Ferreira-GonzálezManel SabatéVictoria Martin-YustePublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
Among patients aged at least 75 years with a CTO, revascularization (PCI or CABG) rather than MT alone may portend a better outcome in terms of all-cause and cardiac mortality.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- coronary artery disease
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- cardiovascular events
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- acute myocardial infarction
- acute coronary syndrome
- antiplatelet therapy
- coronary artery bypass
- healthcare
- atrial fibrillation
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- heart failure