Outcomes of subintimal plaque modification in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention
Xenogiannis I, Choi JW, Alaswad K, Khatri JJ, Doing AH, Dattilo P, Jaffer FA, Uretsky B, Krestyaninov O, Khelimskii D, Patel M, Mahmud E, Potluri S, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Jaber W, Samady H, Jefferson BK, Patel T, Megaly MS, Hall AB, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Rangan BV, Abdullah S, Garcia S, Banerjee S, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Outcomes of subintimal plaque modification in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2019, 96: 1029-1035. PMID: 31797507, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28614.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubintimal plaque modificationPercutaneous coronary interventionCTO percutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionCTO PCI attemptsCoronary interventionPCI attemptsPlaque modificationProcedural successHospital major adverse cardiovascular eventsCoronary artery bypass graft surgeryAir kerma radiation doseHigher J-CTO scoreMajor adverse cardiovascular eventsPrior percutaneous coronary interventionArtery bypass graft surgeryPROGRESS-CTO RegistryTarget CTO lesionsAdverse cardiovascular eventsBypass graft surgeryCardiovascular risk factorsJ-CTO scoreProximal cap ambiguityDistal true lumenHypertension diabetes