Impact of Chronic Total Occlusions on Revascularization Scores and Outcome Prediction.
Redfors B, Palmerini T, Caixeta A, Ayele GM, Francese DP, Mehran R, Brilakis ES, Kirtane AJ, Karmpaliotis D, Stone GW, Généreux P. Impact of Chronic Total Occlusions on Revascularization Scores and Outcome Prediction. Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2017, 29: 123-131. PMID: 28296639.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSYNTAX scoreChronic total occlusionNon-CTO lesionsCTO lesionsTotal occlusionUrgent Intervention Triage Strategy (ACUITY) trialComplex coronary artery diseaseMajor adverse cardiac eventsMedian SYNTAX scoreOverall SYNTAX scoreAdverse cardiac eventsCoronary artery diseaseAcute CatheterizationAngiographic substudyRevascularization scoresCardiac eventsRevascularization strategyArtery diseaseStrategy trialPatientsTraditional SSLesionsOutcome predictionRisk predictionSubstantial proportion