Deniz Mutlu, Athanasios Rempakos, Michaella Alexandrou, Ahmed Al-Ogaili, Sevket Gorgulu, James W Choi, Basem Elbarouni, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Farouc Jaffer, Robert Riley, A J Conrad Smith, Rhian Davies, Jarrod Frizzel, Mitul Patel, Michalis Koutouzis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Bavana V Rangan, Olga C Mastrodemos, Yader Sandoval, M Nicholas Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis
BACKGROUND: Emergency coronary artery bypass surgery (eCABG) is a serious complication of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary artery intervention (PCI). METHODS: We examined the incidence and outcomes eCABG among 14,512 CTO PCIs performed between 2012 and 2023 in a large multicenter registry. RESULTS: The incidence of eCABG was 0.12% (n = 17). Mean age was 68 ± 6 years and 69% of the patients were men...
March 2, 2024: International Journal of Cardiology