Open AccessLong Term Follow up After Successful Recanalization of Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion Using Antegrade Versus Retrograde Approach by Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
Author(s) -
Abdulaziz Aboshahba,
Ahmed H Almidany,
Mamdouh Alttahan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of cardiology research reviews and reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2634-6796
DOI - 10.47363/jcrrr/2021(2)133
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , radiology , percutaneous , coronary angiography , lesion , occlusion , cardiology , surgery , myocardial infarction
Background: Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) represent the most technically challenging lesion subset that interventional cardiologists face. CTOs are identified in up to one third of patients referred for coronary angiography and remain seriously undertreated with percutaneous techniques. The complexity of these procedures and the suboptimal success rates over a long period of time, along with the perception that CTOs are lesions with limited scope for recanalization, account for the underutilization of CTO Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).