Can History of Myocardial Infarction Reliably Indicate Myocardial Viability in Patients With a Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion and Good Collateral Circulation?
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Xenogiannis I, Rangan BV, Garcia S, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Can History of Myocardial Infarction Reliably Indicate Myocardial Viability in Patients With a Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion and Good Collateral Circulation? Journal Of Invasive Cardiology 2021, 33: e135. PMID: 33531443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary chronic total occlusionsGood collateral circulationChronic total occlusionMyocardial infarctionCollateral circulationTotal occlusionPrior Q-wave myocardial infarctionQ-wave myocardial infarctionPercutaneous coronary interventionPrior myocardial infarctionPROGRESS CTOMulticenter registryCoronary interventionEjection fractionPredominant symptomViable myocardiumMyocardial viabilityPatientsViability testingOcclusionDyspneaInfarctionRegistrySymptomsMyocardium