title: Developments in coronary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: 2014 state-of-the-art update.
abstract: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTOs) is a rapidly developing field. In the present review, we summarize the most important CTO PCI related literature published in 2013.
authors.affiliation: Dallas VA Medical Center (111A), 4500 South Lancaster Road, Dallas, TX 75216 USA. esbrilakis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Emmanouil S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Brilakis
authors.forename: Dimitri
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karmpaliotis
authors.forename: Gerald S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: James C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Spratt
authors.forename: Barry F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Uretsky
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luna
authors.forename: Subhash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D055811:Journal Impact Factor; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome