title: Follow-up improvement of distal vessel diameter after successful chronic total coronary occlusion recanalization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Invasive Cardiology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (Milan), Italy. Electronic address: gabriele_luigi.gasparini@humanitas.it.
authors.forename: Gabriele L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.affiliation: Department of Invasive Cardiology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (Milan), Italy.
authors.forename: Marco L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.affiliation: Department of Invasive Cardiology, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano (Milan), Italy.
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Presbitero
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency
keywords: coronary chronic total occlusion; endothelial dysfunction; percutaneous coronary intervention; retrograde