title: Chronic total occlusion revascularization: Achilles' heel or golden opportunity for PCI?
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, University of California, San Diego, California. Electronic address: emahmud@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Ehtisham
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mahmud
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000639:trends*; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000639:trends*; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000639:trends*
keywords: chronic total occlusion; complete revascularization; mortality; percutaneous coronary intervention