1. Coronary artery spatial distribution of chronic total occlusions: Insights from a large US registry
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Garcia, Santiago, Alraies, M Chadi, Karatasakis, Aris, Yannopoulos, Demetris, Karmpaliotis, Dimitri, Alaswad, Khaldoon, Jaffer, Farouc A, Yeh, Robert W, Patel, Mitul P, Bahadorani, John, Karacsonyi, Judit, Kalsaria, Pratik, Danek, Barbara, Banerjee, Subhash, and Brilakis, Emmanouil S
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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences ,Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology ,Heart Disease ,Clinical Research ,Cardiovascular ,Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease ,Aged ,Chronic Disease ,Collateral Circulation ,Coronary Angiography ,Coronary Circulation ,Coronary Occlusion ,Coronary Vessels ,Female ,Humans ,Male ,Middle Aged ,Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ,Plaque ,Atherosclerotic ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Registries ,Risk Factors ,Rupture ,Spontaneous ,Time Factors ,Treatment Outcome ,United States ,chronic total occlusion ,percutaneous coronary intervention ,coronary artery disease ,Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology ,Cardiovascular System & Hematology ,Cardiovascular medicine and haematology - Abstract
ObjectiveTo assess the spatial distribution of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) within the coronary arteries and describe procedural strategies and outcomes during CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).BackgroundAcute occlusions due to plaque rupture tend to cluster within the proximal third of the coronary artery.MethodsWe examined the clinical and procedural characteristics of 1,348 patients according to lesion location within the coronary tree.ResultsA total of 1,369 lesions in 1,348 patients (mean age 66 ± 10 years, 85% male) were included. CTO PCI of proximal segments (n = 633, 46%) was more common than of mid (n = 557, 41%) and distal segments (n = 179, 13%). Patients undergoing CTO PCI of proximal segments were more likely to be smokers (P
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- 2017