Daniel A Gold, Pratik B Sandesara, Vardhmaan Jain, Matthew E Gold, Nishant Vatsa, Shivang R Desai, Malika Elhage Hassan, Chenyang Yuan, Yi-An Ko, Kiran Ejaz, Zain Alvi, Wissam A Jaber, William J Nicholson, Arshed A Quyyumi
BACKGROUND: Although a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome is associated with higher risk, the prognosis of patients with stable CAD and CTOs remains unknown. OBJECTIVES: To investigate adverse event rates in patients with stable CAD with and without a CTO. METHODS: In 3597 patients with stable CAD (>50% coronary luminal stenosis) undergoing cardiac catheterization, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and the composite major adverse cardiac event (MACE) rates for cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction and heart failure hospitalization were evaluated...
January 7, 2024: American Journal of Cardiology