title: Long-term clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions.
abstract: Optimal treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) remains one of the major challenges in interventional cardiology. A number of factors, including both patient clinical conditions and technical procedural considerations, have been identified to affect percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) success and long-term outcomes, in large multicenter cohorts as well as smaller patient groups. As opposed to patient-centered factors, technical factors can be managed and as a result, a lot of research aims at improving stent technology and imaging guidance, toward enhancing PCI efficiency, in regards to patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Medical Center and New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA, sgolemati@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Spyretta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Golemati
authors.forename: Elias A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Sanidas
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Dangas
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011379:Prognosis; D015641:Radiography, Interventional / Q000379:methods; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods