Spyridon Kostantinis, Athanasios Rempakos, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Salman S Allana, Khaldoon Alaswad, Mir Babar Basir, Rhian E Davies, Stewart M Benton, Oleg Krestyaninov, Dmitrii Khelimskii, Wissam A Jaber, Stephane Rinfret, William Nicholson, Jarrod Frizzell, Farouc A Jaffer, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Paul Poommipanit, James W Choi, Raj Chandwaney, Brian K Jefferson, Taral N Patel, Karim M Al-Azizi, Srinivasa Potluri, Nazif Aygul, Ahmed M ElGuindy, Nidal Abi Rafeh, Omer Goktekin, Michaella Alexandrou, Olga C Mastrodemos, Bavana V Rangan, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Sevket Gorgulu
BACKGROUND: There is limited information on the impact of the target vessel on the procedural techniques and outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS: We analyzed the baseline clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes of 11,580 CTO PCIs performed between 2012 and 2022 at 44 centers. RESULTS: The most common CTO target vessel was the right coronary artery (RCA) (53.1%) followed by the left anterior descending artery (LAD) (26...
September 2023: Journal of Invasive Cardiology