Impact of Timing and Treatment Strategy on Coronary Perforation During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion

This study aimed to describe the clinical characteristics and timing of perforations during CTO-PCI. Data from the Japanese CTO-PCI expert registry included 8,760 patients who underwent CTO-PCI between January 2014 and January 2019. The major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events were defined as death, tamponade, myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, stroke, and revascularization.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - April 14, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Katsuya Miura, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Koichi Kishi, Toshiya Muramatsu, Hisayuki Okada, Yuji Oikawa, Tomohiro Kawasaki, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Atsunori Okamura, Etsuo Tsuchikane Source Type: research