Prognostic Impact of Non-Culprit Chronic Total Occlusions in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock: Results of the Randomized IABP-SHOCK II Trial.

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with CS complicating AMI, the presence of CTO in a non-IRA is associated with a higher incidence of ventricular arrhythmias and is an independent predictor of mortality at 12-month follow-up. PMID: 29205158 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: EuroIntervention - Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Tags: EuroIntervention Source Type: research