Ahmed Abdelaziz, Hanaa Elsayed, Aboalmagd Hamdaalah, Karim Atta, Ahmed Mechi, Hallas Kadhim, Aya Moustafa Aboutaleb, Ahmed Elaraby, Mohamed Hatem Ellabban, Fayed Mohamed Rzk, Mahmoud Eid, Hadeer Elsaeed AboElfarh, Rahma AbdElfattah Ibrahim, Emad Addin Zawaneh, Mahmoud Ezzat, Mohamed Abdelaziz, Abdelrahman H Hafez, Shaimaa Fadel, Hazem S Ghaith, Mustafa Suppah
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Interventional cardiologists face challenges in managing chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions, with conflicting results when comparing rotational atherectomy (RA) to conventional PCI. This meta-analysis aims to provide a critical evaluation of the safety and feasibility of RA in CTO lesions. METHODS: PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Ovid, and Cochrane central library until April 2023 were searched for relevant studies. MACE was our primary outcomes, other outcomes were all cause of death, cardiac death, MI, and TVR...
January 2, 2024: BMC Cardiovascular Disorders