Intravascular Ultrasound Analysis of Intraplaque Versus Subintimal Tracking in Percutaneous Intervention for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions and Association With Procedural Outcomes

Conclusions
IVUS-detected subintimal tracking is observed in approximately one-half of all successful CTO PCI cases and is associated with an expected higher, yet acceptable, event rate with no difference in minimal stent area or edge dissection among patients undergoing contemporary hybrid CTO PCI.

Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - May 15, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Song, L., Maehara, A., Finn, M. T., Kalra, S., Moses, J. W., Parikh, M. A., Kirtane, A. J., Collins, M. B., Nazif, T. M., Fall, K. N., Hatem, R., Liao, M., Kim, T., Green, P., Ali, Z. A., Batres, C., Leon, M. B., Mintz, G. S., Karmpaliotis, D. Tags: Coronary Source Type: research