Giuseppe Vadalà, Alfredo R Galassi, Gerald S Werner, George Sianos, Nicolaus Boudou, Roberto Garbo, Laura Maniscalco, Alexander Bufe, Alexander Avran, Gabriele L Gasparini, Eugenio La Scala, Andrew Ladwiniec, Meruzhan Saghatelyan, Omer Goktekin, Sevket Gorgulu, Nicolaus Reifart, Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Sudhir Rathore, Mohamed Ayoub, Michael Behnes, Iskander Atmowihardjo, Mario Iannaccone, Roberto Diletti, Carlo Di Mario, Kambis Mashayekhi, On Behalf Of The Euro Cto Investigators
BACKGROUND: Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTO) have reached high procedural success rates thanks to dedicated equipment, evolving techniques, and worldwide adoption of state-of-the-art crossing algorithms. AIMS: We report the contemporary results of CTO PCIs performed by a large European community of experienced interventionalists. Furthermore, we investigated the impact of different risk factors for procedural major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) and trends of employment of specific devices like dual lumen microcatheters, guiding catheter extensions, intravascular ultrasound and calcium-modifying tools...
February 5, 2024: EuroIntervention