Chronic Total Occlusion

Registry data show same-day discharge after PCI cases for chronic total occlusion is safe in select patients, has been increasing over time and is strongly associated with radial‐only access, researchers reported.

Patients who undergo transcatheter aortic valve replacement with concomitant chronic total occlusion lesions experience more periprocedural complications compared with those without CTO, but are not at increased mortality risk, data show.

Registry data suggest single-operator PCI cases for chronic total occlusion had lower procedural and fluoroscopy times compared with multiple-operator cases, as well as similar technical and procedural success and risk for complications.

Data from a retrospective analysis show there are significant differences in the types of complex high-risk PCI cases undertaken across centers in England and Wales, as well as differences in clinical outcomes across age groups.

Teleflex Inc. announced that the FDA has granted an expanded indication for its specialty catheters and coronary guidewires for use in PCI for chronic total occlusions.

In patients with complex peripheral artery disease, a drug-coated balloon performed similarly to how it did in the general PAD population, according to new data from the IN.PACT Global registry.

September is Peripheral Artery Disease awareness month; therefore, Healio and Cardiology Today have compiled a list of recent updates in PAD research and treatment.

Endovascular intervention conferred less in-hospital mortality but more postprocedural complications compared with surgical revascularization in patients with peripheral artery disease due to chronic total occlusion, new data suggest.

Among patients with stable ischemic heart disease enrolled in the ISCHEMIA trial, those with chronic total occlusion lesions had similar outcomes compared with those who did not.

Recently, there has been renewed interest in the treatment of higher-risk patients undergoing PCI for complex CAD. Novel techniques and equipment have expanded operators’ ability to treat patients with increasingly complicated lesion types.