Prevalence, Presentation and Treatment of ‘Balloon Undilatable’ Chronic Total Occlusions: Insights from a Multicenter US Registry

ConclusionsBalloon undilatable CTOs are common and are associated with lower success and higher complication rates.
Clinical Trial RegistrationNCT02061436, Prospective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention (PROGRESS CTO)

Source: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions - January 23, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Peter Tajti, Dimitri Karmpaliotis, Khaldoon Alaswad, Catalin Toma, James W. Choi, Farouc A. Jaffer, Anthony H. Doing, Mitul Patel, Ehtisham Mahmud, Barry Uretsky, Aris Karatasakis, Judit Karacsonyi, Barbara A. Danek, Bavana V. Rangan, Subhash Banerjee, Im Tags: CAD ‐ CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Source Type: research