Prognostic significance of occlusion length in recanalized chronic total occlusion lesion: a retrospective cohort study with 5-year follow-up.

Tao TianChangdong GuanLijian GaoLei SongJiansong YuanFenghuan HuKefei DouYida TangYongjian WuYuejin YangYinxiao BaiJingang CuiBo XuShubin QiaoWeixian Yang

Published in: BMJ open (2020)

Patients with long CTO lesion did not show a higher risk of death and MI after recanalisation, but had higher risks of TLR and TVR. Lesion with occlusion length ≥15 mm should be under close surveillance for restenosis after recanalisation.

Keyphrases

public health
toll like receptor
inflammatory response
human health
risk assessment