2023
Contemporary In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the MENATA (Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Asia) Chapter of the PROGRESS-CTO Registry
Gorgulu S, Kostantinis S, ElGuindy A, Abi Rafeh N, Simsek B, Rempakos A, Karacsonyi J, Kalay N, Samir A, Jaoudeh F, Maalouf A, Soylu K, Yildirim U, Tigen M, Cincin A, Kalyanasundaram A, Aygul N, Altunkeser B, El Sayed A, Sadek Y, Shelton C, Jbara K, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Mastrodemos O, Rangan B, Allana S, Sandoval Y, Burke M, Brilakis E, Goktekin O. Contemporary In-Hospital Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Insights from the MENATA (Middle East, North Africa, Turkey, and Asia) Chapter of the PROGRESS-CTO Registry. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2023, 206: 221-229. PMID: 37717475, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.08.103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventionCoronary interventionConsecutive CTO percutaneous coronary interventionsHospital major adverse cardiac eventsAir kerma radiation dosePrevious percutaneous coronary interventionMajor adverse cardiac eventsCTO percutaneous coronary interventionCommon target vesselJapanese CTO scoreMedian contrast volumePROGRESS-CTO RegistryAdverse cardiac eventsIn-Hospital OutcomesAcceptable complication rateProcedural success ratePrevalence of diabetesRight coronary arteryIncidence of perforationPROGRESS CTO scoresAntegrade wire escalationAngiographic characteristicsCardiac eventsExperienced centers
2021
Current challenges and prevention strategies for chronic total occlusion (CTO) complications
Karacsonyi J, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Ungi I, Rafeh N, ElGuindy A, Azzalini L, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Current challenges and prevention strategies for chronic total occlusion (CTO) complications. Expert Review Of Cardiovascular Therapy 2021, 19: 337-347. PMID: 33730518, DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1905521.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionChronic total occlusionPCI complicationsMajor periprocedural complicationsNon-cardiac complicationsCardiac complicationsPeriprocedural complicationsCoronary interventionExperienced centersTotal occlusionHigh success rateComplicationsPrevention strategiesCareful monitoringEarly detectionSuccess rateRapid implementationOcclusionPrevention
2020
Latest developments in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention
Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Xenogiannis I, Werner G, Gershlick A, Rinfret S, Yamane M, Avran A, Egred M, Garcia S, Burke M, Brilakis E. Latest developments in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. Expert Review Of Cardiovascular Therapy 2020, 18: 415-426. PMID: 32594784, DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2020.1787153.Peer-Reviewed Original Research