Title:CTO in Contemporary PCI
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
Author(s): Mohamed Farag and Mohaned Egred*
Affiliation:
- Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle
upon Tyne, UK
- Professor in Interventi onal Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine
within the Faculty ofHealth Sciences and Wellbeing at the University of Sunderland, UK
Keywords:
Chronic total occlusion, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery disease, morbidity, mortality, risk.
Abstract: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO) represents
the most challenging procedure in modern endovascular treatments. In recent years, the success
rate of CTO PCI has substantially improved, owing to increasing operator expertise and advancements
in CTO equipment and algorithms as well as the development of expert consensus documents.
In this review, we summarize existing evidence for CTO PCI, its success/ risk prediction
scoring tools, procedural principles and complications and provide an insight into the future role of
CTO PCI.