A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

CONCLUSIONS: CTO-PCI is associated with better subsequent clinical outcomes in observational studies but not in RCTs. Appropriately powered RCTs are needed to conclusively determine the impact of CTO-PCI on clinical outcomes.PMID:36227013

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - October 13, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bahadir Simsek Spyridon Kostantinis Judit Karacsonyi Khaldoon Alaswad Michael Megaly Dimitrios Karmpaliotis Amirali Masoumi Wissam A Jaber William Nicholson Stephane Rinfret Kambis Mashayekhi Gerald S Werner Margaret McEntegart Seung-Whan Lee Jaikirshan J Source Type: research