Mechanical Circulatory Support in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Insights From a Multicenter U.S. Registry.

CONCLUSION: Elective MCS was used in 4% of patients undergoing CTO-PCI. Despite more complex clinical and angiographic characteristics, elective use of MCS in high-risk patients is associated with similar technical and procedural success rates, but higher risk of complications, compared to cases without elective MCS. PMID: 29493509 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29493509?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Journal of Invasive Cardiology - March 2, 2018 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Invasive Cardiol Source Type: research