• DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.040
Corpus ID: 135742903

Long-term follow-up of elective chronic total coronary occlusion angioplasty: analysis from the U.K. Central Cardiac Audit Database.

@article{George2014LongtermFO,
  title={Long-term follow-up of elective chronic total coronary occlusion angioplasty: analysis from the U.K. Central Cardiac Audit Database.},
  author={S. George and J. Cockburn and T. Clayton and P. Ludman and J. Cotton and J. Spratt and S. Redwood and M. D. de Belder and A. D. de Belder and J. Hill and Angela Hoye and Nick Palmer and S. Rathore and A. Gershlick and C. di Mario and D. Hildick-Smith},
  journal={Journal of the American College of Cardiology},
  year={2014},
  volume={64 3},
  pages={
          235-43
        }
}

S. George, J. Cockburn, +13 authors D. Hildick-Smith

Published 2014

Medicine

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

BACKGROUND Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is common, being reported in 18% to 30% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is usually performed to relieve anginal symptoms, but data are emerging to suggest that there may also be a mortality benefit. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to compare outcomes of patients with successful versus unsuccessful PCI to a CTO. METHODS We analyzed the U.K. Central Cardiac Audit Database for all CTO PCI cases carried… CONTINUE READING

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