Safety of coronary angioplasty to chronic total occlusions
In: International journal of cardiology, Jg. 103 (2005), Heft 3, S. 256-258
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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) of chronic total occlusions (CTO) is not performed routinely in some centres due to concerns of low procedural success rates and high rates of short-term complications. This retrospective study examines the safety of PTCA to CTO in 100 consecutive cases compared to 100 matched controls. Success rate was 79% for CTO versus 98% for controls (p<0.001), however 5% of CTO patients had a cardiac enzyme rise compared to 13% of controls (p<0.05) and 0% of CTO patients compared to 6% of controls had a significant enzyme rise (p=0.03). These results suggest that PTCA to CTO can be carried out successfully in the majority of patients with only a relatively small risk of myocardial necrosis.
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Safety of coronary angioplasty to chronic total occlusions
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | KILIAN, Jens G ; CELERMAJER, David S ; ADAMS, Mark R |
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Zeitschrift: | International journal of cardiology, Jg. 103 (2005), Heft 3, S. 256-258 |
Veröffentlichung: | Shannon: Elsevier Science, 2005 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 13 ref |
ISSN: | 0167-5273 (print) |
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