Chronic Total Occlusion

Radiation dose during chronic total occlusion PCI decreased between 2012 and 2020 and may be attributed to the use of newer X-ray systems, according to a research letter published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions.

In a retrospective study of patients with chronic total occlusion and multivessel CAD, CABG conferred better long-term outcomes than PCI, according to data presented at the virtual PCR e-Course.

Healio and Cardiology Today have curated a list of the top news from the virtual Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions Scientific Sessions.

PCI for in-stent chronic total occlusion had similar success rates and in-hospital complications compared with PCI for de novo CTO, according to new data.

In new findings from the TWILIGHT trial of patients who underwent PCI, switching from dual antiplatelet therapy to ticagrelor monotherapy after 3 months benefited patients who had complex PCI and patients with diabetes.

Among patients who underwent chronic total occlusion PCI, those with prior CABG had worse outcomes including higher rates of in-hospital morality, MI and coronary perforation compared with those without prior CABG, according to findings from a meta-analysis on the program at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

LAS VEGAS — In a real-world population with peripheral artery disease, nearly three-quarters of patients treated with a drug-coated balloon were free from clinically driven target lesion revascularization at 4 years, according to new data presented at VIVA 19.