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Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: The Latin American experience
Author(s) -
Postalian Alexander,
Krajcer Zvonimir
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.29337
Subject(s) - medicine , conventional pci , percutaneous coronary intervention , coronary occlusion , complication , cardiology , percutaneous , occlusion , surgery , myocardial infarction
Key Points The role of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains to be clarified. The authors describe their experience with CTO PCI in Latin America. Success and complication rates were similar to those reported in other large CTO registries. We welcome reports such as this that assist our group efforts in determining which patients benefit the most from CTO PCI and how we can best increase success rates while minimizing complications.