Safety and efficacy of dedicated guidewire, microcatheter, and guide catheter extension technologies for chronic total coronary occlusion revascularization: Primary results of the Teleflex Chronic Total Occlusion Study
Kandzari DE, Alaswad K, Jaffer FA, Brilakis E, Croce K, Kearney K, Spaedy A, Yeh R, Thompson C, Nicholson W, Wyman RM, Riley R, Lansky A, Buller C, Karmpaliotis D. Safety and efficacy of dedicated guidewire, microcatheter, and guide catheter extension technologies for chronic total coronary occlusion revascularization: Primary results of the Teleflex Chronic Total Occlusion Study. Catheterization And Cardiovascular Interventions 2021, 99: 263-270. PMID: 34582080, DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionGuidewire recanalizationProcedural successCatheter extensionChronic total coronary occlusion revascularizationChronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous revascularizationFavorable procedural successGuide catheter extensionHigher lesion complexityHospital cardiac deathProspective registration studyTotal Occlusion StudyTarget lesion revascularizationPrevalence of diabetesPrior myocardial infarctionSingle-arm studyTIMI grade 2Femoral arterial accessJ-CTO scorePrevious bypass surgeryNon-CTO PCIHospital MACELesion revascularizationCTO revascularizationHemodynamic instability