Role of calcification in J-CTO score: a viewpoint of intraplaque guidewire tracking techniques.
Shih-Chi LiuChien-Lin LeeJen-Fang ChengJiunn-Yang ChiangCheng-Ting TsaiChi-Jen ChangChia-Pin LinChi-Hung HuangJun-Ting LiouChia-Ti TsaiYi-Chih WangJuey-Jen HwangPublished in: Annals of medicine (2024)
Using intraplaque guidewire tracking, calcification was unfavorable for very difficult CTO lesions, and caused prolongation of angioplasty time for lesions with moderate complexity. This suggested that the role of calcification in the J-CTO score could be altered when different recanalization techniques were applied for CTO interventions.