Percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions involving a bifurcation: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO registry
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Alaswad K, Karmpaliotis D, Abi Rafeh N, Schimmel D, Benzuly K, Flaherty J, Poommipanit P, ElGuindy A, Burke M, Brilakis E. Percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions involving a bifurcation: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO registry. Hellenic Journal Of Cardiology 2022, 66: 80-83. PMID: 35247542, DOI: 10.1016/j.hjc.2022.02.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionDistal capProximal capCoronary interventionCoronary artery bypass graft surgery ratesChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionCTO percutaneous coronary interventionLower technical success rateLower technical successPROGRESS-CTO RegistryTechnical success rateChronic total occlusionPCI registrySurgery ratesProcedural dataTotal occlusionTechnical successJ-CTOHigh riskSuccess rateRegistryTwo-thirdsInterventionLimited studiesBifurcation location