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Meijers TA, Aminian A, van Wely M, Teeuwen K, Schmitz T, Dirksen MT, Rathore S, van der Schaaf RJ, Knaapen P, Dens J, Iglesias JF, Agostoni P, Roolvink V, Hermanides RS, van Royen N, van Leeuwen MAH. Randomized Comparison Between Radial and Femoral Large-Bore Access for Complex Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 14:1293-1303. [PMID: 34020929 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2021.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate whether transradial (TR) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is superior to transfemoral (TF) PCI in complex coronary lesions with large-bore guiding catheters with respect to clinically relevant access site-related bleeding or vascular complications. BACKGROUND The femoral artery is currently the most applied access site for PCI of complex coronary lesions, especially when large-bore guiding catheters are required. With downsizing of TR equipment, TR PCI may be increasingly applied in these patients and might be a safer alternative compared with the TF approach. METHODS An international prospective multicenter trial was conducted, randomizing 388 patients with planned PCI for complex coronary lesions, including chronic total occlusion, left main, heavy calcification, or complex bifurcation, to either 7-F TR access (TRA) or 7-F TF access (TFA). The primary endpoint was defined as access site-related clinically significant bleeding or vascular complications requiring intervention at discharge. The secondary endpoint was procedural success. RESULTS The primary endpoint event rate was 3.6% for TRA and 19.1% for TFA (p < 0.001). The crossover rate from radial to femoral access was 3.6% and from femoral to radial access was 2.6% (p = 0.558). The procedural success rate was 89.2% for TFA and 86.0% for TRA (p = 0.285). There was no difference between TFA and TRA with regard to procedural duration, contrast volume, or radiation dose. CONCLUSIONS In patients undergoing PCI of complex coronary lesions with large-bore access, radial compared with femoral access is associated with a significant reduction in clinically relevant access-site bleeding or vascular complications, without affecting procedural success. (Complex Large-Bore Radial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [PCI] Trial [Color]; NCT03846752).
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- Thomas A Meijers
- Department of Cardiology, Isala Heart Center, Zwolle, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Elisabeth Krankenhaus, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, Northwest Clinics, Alkmaar, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Hospital Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Isala Heart Center, Zwolle, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Kunkel KJ, Neupane S, Gupta A, Basir MB, Alaswad K. Antegrade versus retrograde techniques for Chronic Total Occlusions (CTO): a review and comparison of techniques and outcomes. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2021; 19:465-473. [PMID: 33945367 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2021.1924677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Introduction: As the field of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention has evolved, technical approaches have evolved and been refined.Areas covered: In this review, we discuss the major techniques utilized in modern CTO PCI including antegrade wiring, antegrade dissection reentry, retrograde wiring, and retrograde dissection reentry. Retrograde techniques have been extensively studied in comparison to antegrade techniques. Retrograde techniques have contributed to increases in CTO PCI success rates and are generally used in higher complexity lesions. Observational data ssuggestincreased sshort-termcomplications in procedures requiring the use of retrograde techniques; however, llong-termCTO PCI durability and patient outcomes have been shown to be similar among procedures using antegrade only versus retrograde techniques.Expert opinion: Retrograde techniques play a vital role in the technical success of CTO PCI, particularly among more complex lesions and in patients with high burdens of comorbidities. Increases in procedural safety with equipment iteration and in the use of adjunctive imaging will play an important role in the selection of appropriate retrograde conduits and the overall success rates of CTO PCI.
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- Department of General and Interventional Cardiology, WakeMed Heart Center, WakeMed Hospital, Raleigh, North Carolina, US
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- Cardiovascular Consultants Medical Group, Los Angeles, California, US
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- Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, US
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- Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, US
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Zografos T, Tsiafoutis I, Tsoumeleas A, Floropoulou C, Gkini C, Koutouzis M. Chronic Total Occlusion PCI Techniques in 2020. CURRENT TREATMENT OPTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11936-021-00914-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Adusumalli S, Dautov R. An ultra-low-profile 0.85 mm Nano Hydro balloon to treat wire-crossable balloon-uncrossable lesions: A useful tool in CTO armamentarium. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 97:1213-1217. [PMID: 33554400 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Balloon uncrossable lesions are commonly encountered during chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). A sequential strategy and planning are required to tackle such lesions. We present a case series of severely calcified, device uncrossable lesions where the traditional strategies failed and an ultra-low-profile (0.85 mm) balloon was crucial to successful PCI. To our best knowledge, this is the first case series describing the use of this balloon in real world.
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- Srikanth Adusumalli
- Heart and Lung Institute, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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- Heart and Lung Institute, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia
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Kalra S, Doshi D, Sapontis J, Kosmidou I, Kirtane AJ, Moses JW, Riley RF, Jones P, Nicholson WJ, Salisbury AC, Lombardi WL, McCabe JM, Pershad A, Hirai T, Hakemi E, Russo JJ, Prasad M, Ahmad Y, Hatem R, Gkargkoulas F, Spertus JA, Wyman RM, Jaffer F, Spaedy A, Cook S, Marso SP, Nugent K, Federici R, Yeh RW, Leon MB, Stone GW, Ali ZA, Parikh MA, Maehara A, Cohen DJ, Batres C, Grantham JA, Karmpaliotis D. Outcomes of retrograde chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: A report from the OPEN-CTO registry. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 97:1162-1173. [PMID: 32876381 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to assess in-hospital and long-term outcomes of retrograde compared with antegrade-only percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion (CTO PCI). BACKGROUND Procedural and clinical outcomes following retrograde compared with antegrade-only CTO PCI remain unknown. METHODS Using the core-lab adjudicated OPEN-CTO registry, we compared the outcomes of retrograde to antegrade-only CTO PCI. Primary endpoints included were in-hospital major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) (all-cause death, stroke, myocardial infarction [MI], emergency cardiac surgery, or clinically significant perforation) and MACCE at 1-year (all-cause death, MI, stroke, target lesion revascularization, or target vessel reocclusion). RESULTS Among 885 single CTO procedures from the OPEN-CTO registry, 454 were retrograde and 431 were antegrade-only. Lesion complexity was higher (J-CTO score: 2.7 vs. 1.9; p < .001) and technical success lower (82.4 vs. 94.2%; p < .001) in retrograde compared with antegrade-only procedures. All-cause death was higher in the retrograde group in-hospital (2 vs. 0%; p = .003), but not at 1-year (4.9 vs. 3.3%; p = .29). Compared with antegrade-only procedures, in-hospital MACCE rates (composite of all-cause death, stroke, MI, emergency cardiac surgery, and clinically significant perforation) were higher in the retrograde group (10.8 vs. 3.3%; p < .001) and at 1-year (19.5 vs. 13.9%; p = .03). In sensitivity analyses landmarked at discharge, there was no difference in MACCE rates at 1 year following retrograde versus antegrade-only CTO PCI. Improvements in Seattle Angina Questionnaire Quality of Life scores at 1-year were similar between the retrograde and antegrade-only groups (29.9 vs 30.4; p = .58). CONCLUSIONS In the OPEN-CTO registry, retrograde CTO procedures were associated with higher rates of in-hospital MACCE compared with antegrade-only; however, post-discharge outcomes, including quality of life improvements, were similar between technical modalities.
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- Sanjog Kalra
- Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
- St. Francis Heart Center, St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, New York
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- Heart and Vascular Institute, The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
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- St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Medicine, Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, Oregon
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- St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
- The Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
- NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, New York
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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- Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- St. Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
- Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
- Clinical Trials Center, Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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Patterson C, Sapontis J, Nicholson WJ, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Gosch KL, Grantham JA, Hirai T. Impact of body mass index on outcome and health status after chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention: Insights from the OPEN-CTO study. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021; 97:1186-1193. [PMID: 32320140 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2020] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND The effect of body mass index (BMI) on the procedural outcomes and health status (HS) change after chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is largely unknown. METHODS Thousand consecutive patients enrolled in a 12-center prospective CTO PCI study (Outcomes, Patient Health Status, and Efficiency in Chronic Total Occlusion Hybrid Procedures [OPEN-CTO]) were categorized into three groups by baseline BMI (obese ≥30, overweight 25-30, and normal 18.5-25), after excluding seven patients with BMI <18.5. Baseline and follow-up HS at 1 year were quantified using the Seattle Angina Questionnaire, Rose Dyspnea Score, and Personal Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8). Hierarchical, multivariable logistic, and repeated measures linear regression models were used to assess procedural success, major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events (MACCE), and HS outcomes, as appropriate. RESULTS The obese and overweight were 47.6% and 37.4%, respectively. While procedure time and contrast dose were similar among the groups, total radiation dose (mGy) was higher with increased BMI (3,019 ± 2,027, 2,267 ± 1,714, 1,642 ± 1,223, p < .01). Procedural success rates, as well as MACCE rates, were similar among the three groups (obese 83.1%, overweight 79.8%, normal 81.9%, p = .47 and 5.1, 8.4, and 8.7%, p = .11). These rates remained similar after adjustment for baseline characteristics. The HS improvement from baseline to 12 months after adjustment was similar in obese and overweight patients compared to normal weight patients. CONCLUSIONS CTO PCI in obese and overweight patients can be performed with similar success and complication rates. Obese and overweight patients derive similar HS benefit from CTO PCI compared to normal weight patients.
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- Christian Patterson
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, American University of the Caribbean Medical School, Coral Gables, Florida, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Monash Heart, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Complications and failure modes of polymer-jacketed guidewires; insights from the MAUDE database. CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2021; 36:132-135. [PMID: 33958304 DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2021] [Revised: 04/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND The modes of failure of coronary polymer-jacketed guidewires have received limited study. METHODS We queried the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database between January 2011 and December 2020 for reports on coronary polymer-jacketed guidewires and retrieved 254 reports. RESULTS The most common failure mode was failure of the guidewire to cross (36.2%), followed by guidewire fracture (35%), peeling of the polymer jacket (13.8%), failure to retrieve the guidewire (13.8%), and guidewire unraveling (4.7%). Guidewire fracture was more common with soft (37.3%) compared with stiff (23.8%) guidewires. Failure of retrieval was only reported with soft guidewires (9%). Coronary perforation and dissection occurred in 19.7% and 7.9% of the reports, with more reports with stiff as compared with soft guidewires (45.2% vs. 14.6% for perforation and 21.4% vs. 5.3% for dissection). CONCLUSIONS The most common failure modes of polymer-jacketed guidewires during percutaneous coronary intervention are failure to cross the lesion, guidewire fracture, and peeling of the polymer jacket. Coronary perforations were more common with stiff whereas wire fracture was more common with soft polymer-jacketed guidewires.
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Rahman MS, de Winter R, Nap A, Knaapen P. Advances in the Post-coronary Artery Bypass Graft Management of Occlusive Coronary Artery Disease. Interv Cardiol 2021; 16:e33. [PMID: 35106069 PMCID: PMC8785096 DOI: 10.15420/icr.2021.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Revascularisation of chronic total occlusion (CTO) represents one of the most challenging aspects of percutaneous coronary intervention, but advances in equipment and an understanding of CTO revascularisation techniques have resulted in considerable improvements in success rates. In patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, additional challenges are encountered. This article specifically explores these challenges, as well as antegrade methods of CTO crossing. Techniques, equipment that can be used and reference texts are highlighted with the aim of providing potential CTO operators adequate information to tackle additional complexities likely to be encountered in this cohort of patients. This review forms part of a wider series where additional aspects of patients with prior CABG should be factored into decisions and methods of revascularisation.
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Medical Centre, VU Medical CentreAmsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Medical Centre, VU Medical CentreAmsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam Medical Centre, VU Medical CentreAmsterdam, the Netherlands
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Yang T, Fu X, Fu P, Chen J, Xu C, Liu X, Niu T. The value of fragmented QRS in predicting the prognosis of chronic total occlusion patients with myocardial infarction history undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: A 24-months follow-up study. Clin Cardiol 2021; 44:537-546. [PMID: 33590897 PMCID: PMC8027581 DOI: 10.1002/clc.23573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fragmented QRS (fQRS) is a marker of local myocardial scar. This study aimed to analyze the relationship between fQRS and coronary collateral circulation (CCC) and evaluate the predictive value of fQRS for long-term clinical outcomes among patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO) and prior myocardial infarction (MI) who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). METHODS A total of 862 patients with a definite history of MI who had one CTO coronary artery and underwent PCI between 2013 and 2018 were continuously analyzed. Patients were divided into group A (no Q wave and fQRS, n = 206), group B (fQRS, n = 265), group C (Q wave, n = 391). All patients were followed up for 2 years. RESULTS The incidence rate of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) in group B was significantly lower than in group C (group B vs. C: 7.2% vs. 11.3%, P = 0.043). The percentage of good CCC was 94.2%, 88.3%, and 82.9% in group A, B, and C (p < .001), respectively. The improvement of cardiac function in group B and A were more significant than in group C. Multivariate Cox regression analysis showed fQRS was an independent protective factor of MACE after PCI within 2 years in CTO patients with prior MI (RR = 0.668, 95% CI [0.422-0.917], p = .001). CONCLUSION fQRS is an independent protective factor of prognosis in patients with prior MI and one CTO vessel who underwent PCI, presenting with a higher rate of good CCC, less occurrence of MACE, and better heart function than in Q wave patients.
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- Tiangui Yang
- Department of CardiologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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- Department of CardiologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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- Department of CardiologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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- Department of CardiologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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- Department of CardiologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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- Department of CardiologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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- Department of CardiologyShengjing Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyangLiaoningChina
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Externalization in Retrograde CTO-PCI: Is It Time to Upgrade the Algorithm? CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2021; 28S:215-218. [PMID: 33712398 DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 02/19/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bryniarski L, Opolski MP, Wójcik J, Lesiak M, Pawłowski T, Drozd J, Wojakowski W, Surowiec S, Dąbrowski M, Witkowski A, Dudek D, Grygier M, Bartuś S. Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in everyday clinical practice - an expert opinion of the Association of Cardiovascular Interventions of the Polish Cardiac Society. ADVANCES IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2021; 17:6-20. [PMID: 33868413 PMCID: PMC8039914 DOI: 10.5114/aic.2021.104763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) are increasingly encountered during invasive and non-invasive coronary angiography and remain the most challenging lesions for percutaneous revascularization. During recent years success rates and safety outcomes of CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) have substantially improved, particularly due to the introduction of new techniques and dedicated equipment as well as specialized training programs of CTO operators. Significantly, the steady advances in CTO PCI techniques have coincided with the new data from randomized clinical trials supporting the role of percutaneous recanalization of CTO in relieving angina and improving the quality of life. The current expert consensus document outlines the rationale, clinical outcomes as well as technical, safety and reimbursement issues of CTO PCI. In addition, the requirements for achieving and maintaining competency in CTO PCI among interventional cardiologists are discussed. Finally, we present the modified hybrid algorithm (the so-called Polish hybrid algorithm) providing some unique refinements to the contemporary CTO PCI strategies. Continuous efforts (including active engagement with the payer) are urgently needed to increase guideline-recommended referrals to CTO PCI, and thus improve the quality of life of CTO patients in Poland.
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- Leszek Bryniarski
- Second Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Hospital of Invasive Cardiology IKARDIA, Lublin/Nałęczów, Poland
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- First Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Invasive Cardiology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology, SP ZOZ MSWiA, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Cardiology and Structural Heart Diseases, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
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- Second Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Second Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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- First Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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- Second Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
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Vemmou E, Alaswad K, Patel M, Mahmud E, Choi JW, Jaffer FA, Doing AH, Dattilo P, Karmpaliotis D, Krestyaninov O, Khelimskii D, Nikolakopoulos I, Karacsonyi J, Xenogiannis I, Garcia S, Burke MN, Abi Rafeh N, ElGuindy A, Goktekin O, Abdo A, Rangan BV, Abdullah S, Brilakis ES. Chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in octogenarians and nonagenarians. J Am Geriatr Soc 2021; 69:1560-1569. [PMID: 33591578 DOI: 10.1111/jgs.17063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Revised: 01/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in octogenarians and nonagenarians have received limited study. METHODS We compared in-hospital outcomes of CTO PCI between patients ≥80 vs. <80-years-old in 6233 CTO PCIs performed between 2012 and 2020 at 33 U.S. and international centers. RESULTS There were 415 octogenarians and nonagenarians in our study (7% of the total population). Compared with younger patients, octo- and nonagenarians were less likely to be men (73% vs. 83.2%, p < 0.0001) and more likely to have atrial fibrillation (27% vs. 12%, p < 0.0001) and prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) (43% vs. 29%, p < 0.0001). They were more likely to have CTOs with moderate/severe calcification (71% vs. 46%, p < 0.0001), but had similar mean J-CTO scores (2.5 ± 1.3 vs. 2.4 ± 1.3, p = 0.08). They had lower technical and procedural success (82.2% vs. 86.3%, p = 0.0201; 80.3% vs. 84.8%, p = 0.016, respectively) and higher incidence of in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events (3.4% vs. 1.8%, p = 0.021). On multivariable analysis PCI in octo- and nonagenarians was not independently associated with technical and procedural success or with in-hospital MACE. CONCLUSION CTO PCI is feasible in octo- and nonagenarians, although success rates are lower, and the risk of complications is higher compared with younger patients, likely related to more comorbidities and higher coronary lesion complexity.
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- Evangelia Vemmou
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- VA San Diego Health Care System and University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- VA San Diego Health Care System and University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
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- Baylor Scott & White Heart and Vascular, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- UC Health Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado, USA
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- UC Health Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado, USA
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- Meshalkin Novosibirsk Research Institute, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- Meshalkin Novosibirsk Research Institute, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- American University of Beirut Medical Center, Lebanon
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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- VA North Texas Healthcare System and UT Southewestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.,Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
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Habara M, Tsuchikane E, Shimizu K, Kashima Y, Shimoji K, Nakamura S, Niizeki T, Tsutsumi T, Ito Y, Kawasaki T. Japanese multicenter registry evaluating the antegrade dissection reentry with cardiac computerized tomography for chronic coronary total occlusion. Cardiovasc Interv Ther 2021; 37:116-127. [PMID: 33550529 PMCID: PMC8789703 DOI: 10.1007/s12928-021-00762-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Recently, antegrade dissection re-entry (ADR) with re-entry device for chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has evolved to become one of the pillar techniques of the hybrid algorithm. Although the success rate of the device is high, it could be improved. We sought to evaluate the current trends and issues associated with ADR in Japan and evaluate the potential of cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for ADR procedure. A total 48 patients with CTO suitable for ADR evaluated by baseline conventional angiography and CCTA were enrolled. Procedural success and technical success were evaluated as the primary and secondary observations. Furthermore, all puncture points were analyzed by CCTA. CT score at each punctured site depended on the location of plaque deposition (none; + 0, at isolated myocardial site; + 1, at epicardial site; + 2) and the presence of calcification (none; + 0, presence; + 1) was analyzed and calculated (score 0–3). Overall procedure success rate was 95.8%. Thirty-two cases were attempted with the ADR procedure and 25 cases of them were successful. The technical success rate was 78.1% and myocardial infarction or other major complications were not observed in any cases. CT score at 60 puncture sites in 32 cases were analyzed and the score at technical success points was significantly smaller compared to that at technical failure points (0.68 ± 1.09 vs 1.77 ± 1.09, p < 0.0001). CTO-PCI with Stingray device in Japan could achieve a high procedure success and technical success rate. Pre procedure cardiac CT evaluation might support ADR procedure for appropriate patient selection or puncture site selection.
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- Maoto Habara
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toyohashi Heart Center, 21-1 Gobudori, Oyama-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8530, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Toyohashi Heart Center, 21-1 Gobudori, Oyama-cho, Toyohashi, Aichi, 441-8530, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Sapporo CardioVascular Clinic, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Okitama Public General Hospital, Yamagata, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Saga Medical Center Kouseikan, Saga, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Saiseikai Yokohama-City Eastern Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center Shin-Koga Hospital, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
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Ybarra LF, Rinfret S, Brilakis ES, Karmpaliotis D, Azzalini L, Grantham JA, Kandzari DE, Mashayekhi K, Spratt JC, Wijeysundera HC, Ali ZA, Buller CE, Carlino M, Cohen DJ, Cutlip DE, De Martini T, Di Mario C, Farb A, Finn AV, Galassi AR, Gibson CM, Hanratty C, Hill JM, Jaffer FA, Krucoff MW, Lombardi WL, Maehara A, Magee PFA, Mehran R, Moses JW, Nicholson WJ, Onuma Y, Sianos G, Sumitsuji S, Tsuchikane E, Virmani R, Walsh SJ, Werner GS, Yamane M, Stone GW, Rinfret S, Stone GW. Definitions and Clinical Trial Design Principles for Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion Therapies: CTO-ARC Consensus Recommendations. Circulation 2021; 143:479-500. [PMID: 33523728 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.120.046754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
Abstract
Over the past 2 decades, chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention has developed into its own subspecialty of interventional cardiology. Dedicated terminology, techniques, devices, courses, and training programs have enabled progressive advancements. However, only a few randomized trials have been performed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CTO percutaneous coronary intervention. Moreover, several published observational studies have shown conflicting data. Part of the paucity of clinical data stems from the fact that prior studies have been suboptimally designed and performed. The absence of standardized end points and the discrepancy in definitions also prevent consistency and uniform interpretability of reported results in CTO intervention. To standardize the field, we therefore assembled a broad consortium comprising academicians, practicing physicians, researchers, medical society representatives, and regulators (US Food and Drug Administration) to develop methods, end points, biomarkers, parameters, data, materials, processes, procedures, evaluations, tools, and techniques for CTO interventions. This article summarizes the effort and is organized into 3 sections: key elements and procedural definitions, end point definitions, and clinical trial design principles. The Chronic Total Occlusion Academic Research Consortium is a first step toward improved comparability and interpretability of study results, supplying an increasingly growing body of CTO percutaneous coronary intervention evidence.
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- Luiz F Ybarra
- London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, Ontario, Canada (L.F.Y.)
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- McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (S.R.)
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, MN (E.S.B.)
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- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NY (D.K., Z.A.A., A.M., J.W.M.).,The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (D.K., A.M., Z.A.A., J.W.M., G.W.S.)
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- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY (L.A.)
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, MO (J.A.G.)
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- Department of Cardiology and Angiology II University Heart Center (K.M.), Freiburg, Bad Krozingen, Germany
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- St George's University Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (J.C.S.)
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- Schulich Heart Center, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Institute for Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (H.C.W.), University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NY (D.K., Z.A.A., A.M., J.W.M.).,The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (D.K., A.M., Z.A.A., J.W.M., G.W.S.)
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- Interventional Cardiology Unit, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy (M.C.)
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- Baim Institute for Clinical Research, Boston, MA (D.J.C., C.M.G.)
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- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL (T.D.M.)
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- Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy (C.D.M.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD (A.F., R.V.).,School of Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore (A.F.)
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD (A.V.F., P.F.A.M.)
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- Cardiology, Department of PROMISE, University of Palermo, Italy (A.R.G.)
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (D.J.C., C.M.G.)
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- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, United Kingdom (C.H.)
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- Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (F.A.J.)
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- Duke Clinical Research Institute and Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (M.W.K.)
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- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NY (D.K., Z.A.A., A.M., J.W.M.).,The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (D.K., A.M., Z.A.A., J.W.M., G.W.S.)
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- US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD (A.V.F., P.F.A.M.)
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- Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (R.M., G.W.S.)
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- New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, NY (D.K., Z.A.A., A.M., J.W.M.).,The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (D.K., A.M., Z.A.A., J.W.M., G.W.S.)
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- Cardialysis Clinical Trials Management and Core Laboratories, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (Y.O.).,Department of Cardiology, National University of Ireland Galway, United Kingdom (Y.O.)
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- Division of Cardiology for International Education and Research, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan (S.S.)
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- Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, MD (A.F., R.V.)
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- Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, United Kingdom. Medizinische Klinik I Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH, Germany (S.J.W.)
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- The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, NY (D.K., A.M., Z.A.A., J.W.M., G.W.S.).,Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY (R.M., G.W.S.)
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Ybarra LF, Buller CE, Rinfret S. The Canadian Contribution to Science, Techniques, Technology, and Education in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. CJC Open 2021; 3:22-27. [PMID: 33458629 PMCID: PMC7801209 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjco.2020.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Chronic total occlusions are considered the most complex coronary lesions in interventional cardiology. This article reviews the Canadian clinical and academic contributions to this field, including innovative procedural techniques, teaching and proctoring, clinical research, and the development of novel tools and therapies.
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- Luiz F Ybarra
- London Health Sciences Centre, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Gong M, Peng H, Wu Z, Li W, Lv Y, Lv Y, Zheng Z, An T, Zhang J, Lv M, Li X, Gong H, Mao Y, Liu J. Angiographic Scoring System for Predicting Successful Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of In-Stent Chronic Total Occlusion. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2021; 14:598-609. [PMID: 33409961 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-020-10090-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to develop a scoring model to predict the technical success of recanalizing via antegrade approach in-stent chronic total occlusion (IS-CTO) by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We retrospectively collected data from 474 patients who underwent an uneasy IS-CTO PCI via antegrade approach from January 2015 to December 2018, consecutively. We selected clinical and angiographic factors and utilized a derivation and validation cohort (4:1 sampling ratio) analysis. Factors with strong correlations with technical failure, according to multivariable analysis, were assigned 1 point, and a scoring system with a 4-point maximum was established. The model was then validated with a validation cohort. The overall procedural success rate was 77.4%. On multivariable analysis, the factors that correlated with technical failure were proximal bending (beta coefficient [β] = 2.142), tortuosity (β = 2.622), stent under expansion (β = 3.052), and poor distal landing zone (β = 2.004). The IS-CTO score demonstrated good calibration and excellent predicting capacity in the derivation (receiver-operator characteristic [ROC] area = 0.973 and Hosmer-Lemeshow chi-squared = 5.252; p = 0.072) and validation (ROC area = 0.976 and Hosmer-Lemeshow chi-squared = 0.916; p = 0.632) cohorts. In the validation subset, the IS-CTO score demonstrated superior performance to the Japanese chronic total occlusion score (J-CTO) and PROGRESS CTO scores for predicting technical success (area under the a curve [AUC] 0.976 vs. 0.642 vs. 0.579, respectively; difference in AUC between the IS-CTO score and J-CTO score = 0.334, p < 0.01; difference in AUC between the IS-CTO score and PROGRESS score = 0.397, p < 0.01). Our results suggest that the IS-CTO score system is a helpful tool to predict the technical success of IS-CTO PCI via antegrade approach in china. Graphical Abstract.
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- Minglian Gong
- Department of Cardiology, Dalian The Fifth People's Hospital, No. 890 Huanghe Road, Shahekou District, Dalian, 116021, Liaoning, China.,Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, No.167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100037, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Dalian The Fifth People's Hospital, No. 890 Huanghe Road, Shahekou District, Dalian, 116021, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Dalian The Fifth People's Hospital, No. 890 Huanghe Road, Shahekou District, Dalian, 116021, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Dalian The Fifth People's Hospital, No. 890 Huanghe Road, Shahekou District, Dalian, 116021, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Dalian The Sixth People's Hospital, No.269 Luganghuibo Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian, 116033, Liaoning, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, No.167 Beilishi Road, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100037, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung, and Blood Vessel Diseases, No. 2 Chaoyang Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, China.
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Hall AB. Preprocedure Planning for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: The Separation Is in the Preparation. Interv Cardiol Clin 2021; 10:7-23. [PMID: 33223108 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2020.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To perform chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention safely, efficiently, and successfully, adequate time must be dedicated to thorough preprocedural planning. This process should encompass a patient encounter, becoming fully familiarized with the patient's clinical traits, a detailed review of coronary anatomy, laying out an algorithmic procedural approach and making any relevant plans for actions that will enhance intraprocedural safety.
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- Allison B Hall
- Eastern Health/Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada; C/O Cardiology Consultants, PO Box 23042, RPO Churchill Square, 8 Rowan Street, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 4J9, Canada.
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Berkhout T, Claessen BE, Dirksen MT. Advances in percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions: current antegrade dissection and reentry techniques and updated algorithm. Neth Heart J 2021; 29:52-59. [PMID: 33156509 PMCID: PMC7782636 DOI: 10.1007/s12471-020-01509-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusions (CTO) is considered relatively complex with low success rates and high complication rates. Treating a CTO with PCI using the hybrid algorithm increases success rates with acceptable complication rates. An essential part of the hybrid algorithm is antegrade dissection and reentry (ADR). In PCI of a non-CTO coronary lesion, the guidewire over which the stent is advanced and placed stays within the true lumen of the coronary artery. ADR techniques make it possible to cross the lesion through the wall of the coronary artery, the subintimal space, thus creating a small bypass within the architecture of the coronary artery and restoring antegrade blood flow. ADR increases success rates, especially in more difficult CTO procedures. In the last decade, new materials and techniques have been introduced in quick succession, which are summarised in this review. Consequently an updated ADR algorithm is presented, which can support the CTO operator during an ADR procedure.
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- T Berkhout
- Department of Cardiology, Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Cardiology, Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Noordwest Ziekenhuisgroep, Alkmaar, The Netherlands
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Intravascular Healing Is Not Affected by Approaches in Contemporary CTO PCI: The CONSISTENT CTO Study. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 13:1448-1457. [PMID: 32553333 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Revised: 03/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess angiographic, imaging, and clinical outcomes following chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with dissection and re-entry techniques (DART) and subintimal (SI) stenting compared with intimal techniques. BACKGROUND Reliable procedural success and safety in CTO PCI require the use of DART to treat the most complex patients. Potential concerns regarding the durability of DART with SI stenting still need to be addressed. METHODS This was a prospective, multicenter, single-arm trial of patients with appropriate indications for CTO PCI. RESULTS Successful CTO PCI was performed in 210 of 231 patients (91% success). At 1 year, the primary endpoint of target vessel failure (cardiac death, myocardial infarction related to the target vessel, or any ischemia-driven revascularization) occurred in 5.7% of patients, meeting the pre-set performance goal. Major adverse cardiovascular events (all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, or target vessel revascularization) occurred in 10% at 1 year and 17% by 2 years and was not influenced by DART. Quality-of-life measures significantly improved from baseline to 12 months. There was no difference in intravascular healing assessed using optical coherence tomography at 12 months for patients treated with DART and SI stenting compared with intimal strategies. CONCLUSIONS Contemporary CTO PCI is associated with medium-term clinical outcomes comparable with those achieved in other complex PCI cohorts and significant improvements in quality of life. The use of DART with SI stenting does not adversely affect intravascular healing at 12 months or medium-term major adverse cardiovascular events. (Consistent CTO Trial; NCT02227771).
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Tajti P, Xenogiannis I, Gargoulas F, Karmpaliotis D, Alaswad K, Jaffer FA, Patel MP, Burke MN, Garcia S, Krestyaninov O, Koutouzis M, Jaber W, Brilakis ES. Technical and procedural outcomes of the retrograde approach to chronic total occlusion interventions. EUROINTERVENTION 2020; 16:e891-e899. [DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-19-00441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Tratamiento percutáneo de oclusiones coronarias crónicas aorto-ostiales: resultados y consideraciones técnicas de un registro multicéntrico. Rev Esp Cardiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2020.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mcquillan C, Egred M. Drive-By Radial Artery Re-Entry: Extending Chronic Total Occlusion Techniques to the Peripheral Arteries. JACC Case Rep 2020; 2:2404-2407. [PMID: 34317181 PMCID: PMC8304570 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Despite the success of the hybrid coronary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention techniques, there has been little translation of these techniques into peripheral interventions. We describe a case of recanalization of an occluded radial artery that was dissected and re-entered using chronic total occlusion techniques before moving on to revascularize the coronary artery. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.).
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- Conor Mcquillan
- Cardiac Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Cardiac Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Newcastle University Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Karabulut A, Gorgulu S, Kocagoz T. Rational guidewire use in the coronary chronic total occlusion interventions. Egypt Heart J 2020; 72:78. [PMID: 33159618 PMCID: PMC7648775 DOI: 10.1186/s43044-020-00115-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Procedures for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) are still a clinical challenge with relatively lower success rates. Recent advances in the biotechnology and introduction of CTO-dedicated guidewires have increased the procedural success rate of CTO interventions. Herein, we aimed to reveal the clinical and angiographic predictors of the crossability of the initial guidewire choice and rational guidewire usage in CTO interventions. A total of 177 patients with an indication for a coronary CTO procedure were included in this study. The use of 1–3 guidewires and crossing of the CTO lesion with the initial guidewire choice was defined as rational guidewire usage. The CTO lesions were classified according to the Japanese chronic total occlusion registry (J-CTO) and EuroCTO scores for evaluating the difficulty of the procedures. Then, a statistical analysis was performed to assess the initial guidewire choice, crossability, and contributors to rational guidewire usage. Results The mean J-CTO score was 1.42 ± 1.16, and the mean EuroCTO score was 1.44 ± 1.18. The success rate of the procedures was 90.4%. The initial guidewire choice crossed the lesion in 44.1% of the cases, in which 1–3 guidewires were used (82.1%). The crossability of the polymeric and moderate stiff tip guidewires was higher (82.1% and 64.1%, respectively), and the Pilot series was the most successful brand (36.2%). Logistic regression analysis confirmed that J-CTO score, procedural technique, guidewire type, and stiffness of the tip were the major predictors of rational guidewire usage. Conclusion Our analysis showed that the use of polymeric and moderate stiff tip guidewires, particularly the Pilot brand, were associated with rational guidewire usage in easy and intermediate difficulty CTO cases.
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Malaiapan Y, Leung M, White AJ. The role of intravascular ultrasound in percutaneous coronary intervention of complex coronary lesions. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2020; 10:1371-1388. [PMID: 33224763 DOI: 10.21037/cdt-20-189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a catheter-based coronary imaging technique. It utilises the emission & subsequent detection of reflected high frequency (30-60 MHz) sound waves to create high resolution, cross-sectional images of the coronary artery. IVUS has been the cornerstone of intracoronary imaging for more than two decades. When compared to the invasive coronary angiogram which studies only the silhouette of the contrast-filled artery lumen, IVUS also crucially images the vessel wall. Because of this capability, IVUS has greatly facilitated understanding of the coronary atherosclerosis process. Such insights from IVUS reveal how commonly and extensively plain angiography underestimates the true extent of coronary plaque, the characteristics of plaques prone to rupture and cause acute coronary syndromes (lipid rich, thin cap atheroma), and a realisation of the widespread occurrence of vessel remodelling in response to atherosclerosis. Similarly, IVUS has historically provided salutary mechanistic insights that have guided many of the incremental advances in the techniques of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Examples include mechanisms of in-stent restenosis, and the importance of high-pressure post-dilatation of stents to ensure adequate stent apposition and thereby reduce the occurrence of stent thrombosis. IVUS also greatly facilitates the choice of correct diameter and length of stent to implant. Overall, a compelling body of evidence indicates that use of intravascular ultrasound in PCI helps to achieve optimal technical results and to mitigate the risk of adverse cardiac events. In this review, the role of intravascular ultrasound as an adjunct to PCI in complex coronary lesions is explored. The complex coronary situations discussed are the left main stem, ostial stenoses, bifurcation stenoses, thrombotic lesions, the chronically occluded coronary artery, and calcified coronary artery disease. By thorough review of the available evidence, we establish that the advantages of IVUS guidance are particularly evident in each of these complex CAD subsets. In particular, some consider the use of IVUS to be almost mandatory in left main PCI. A comparison with other intracoronary imaging techniques is also explored.
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- Yuvaraj Malaiapan
- Monash Heart, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Heart, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Monash Heart, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, VIC, Australia.,Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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Hirai T, Grantham JA. Perforation Mechanisms, Risk Stratification, and Management in the Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patient. Interv Cardiol Clin 2020; 10:101-107. [PMID: 33223099 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2020.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Coronary perforations during chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO PCI) is a most frequent major complication and the incidence is significantly higher compared with non-CTO PCI. Patients with prior history of coronary bypass have more major adverse events when perforation occurs compared with patients without prior bypass surgery. In this article, the authors discuss the unique challenges in identification and timely treatment of perforations in patients with prior bypass surgery.
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- Taishi Hirai
- University of Missouri, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USA.
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, 4401 Wornall Road, CV Research 9th floor, Kansas City, MO 64111, USA; University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Benton S, Nicholson WJ. When Things Get Stuck: Gear Entrapment and Other Complications of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Interv Cardiol Clin 2020; 10:131-145. [PMID: 33223102 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2020.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Complex coronary artery intervention stresses the limits of both the operator's skills as well as the equipment being used for the procedure. This article is focused on avoiding, recognizing and dealing with device failure and gear entrapment during complex coronary intervention. The operator must understand how to avoid these complications by understanding the limits of devices and the need for adequate vessel preparation. This article focuses on giving the reader an algorithmic approach to recognizing when device failure/entrapment occurs and what specific maneuvers can be done to retrieve different devices and equipment safely.
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- Stewart Benton
- Interventional Cardiology, Wellspan York Hospital, 25 Monument Road, Suite 200, York, PA 17403, USA
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- Interventional Cardiology, Complex Coronary and Cardiac Intervention, Emory University, Suite F606, 1364 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Toolbox for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Interv Cardiol Clin 2020; 10:25-31. [PMID: 33223103 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2020.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Since the publication of the hybrid algorithm there has been rapid development of new specialty wires, microcatheters, guide extensions, and low-profile balloons to facilitate successful coronary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. With development of new devices, it is best to categorize them by design and intended task. This enables a safe and systematic approach to coronary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention and avoid overlap and waste. This article serves as a guide for tool selection for the interventional cardiologist performing coronary chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Maran A, Bidwell KAEL. Antegrade Wire Escalation Case Selection and Strategies: Four Wires for Success. Interv Cardiol Clin 2020; 10:33-39. [PMID: 33223104 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2020.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The North American Hybrid Algorithm has become the standard method for percutaneous intervention for coronary chronic total occlusions. In this article, the authors discuss antegrade wire escalation as it applies to the North American Hybrid Algorithm for chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. There is a multitude of guidewires available to operators on the market, which can quickly prove overwhelming in terms of selection, cost, and practicality. The authors simplify wires into four overall groups or families. Operators should be able to pare their toolbox down to four wires only to achieve success at antegrade wire escalation.
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- Anbukarasi Maran
- Medical University of South Carolina, 30 Courtenay Drive, BM 326, MSC592, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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- Medical University of South Carolina, 30 Courtenay Drive, BM 326, MSC592, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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Antegrade Dissection and Reentry: Tools and Techniques. Interv Cardiol Clin 2020; 10:41-50. [PMID: 33223105 DOI: 10.1016/j.iccl.2020.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The hybrid approach to chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention requires facility with antegrade and retrograde strategies to achieve high success rates in a time-efficient and safe manner. Antegrade dissection and reentry is an integral component of this approach but historically has been limited by low success rates and an inability to control the site of reentry. The advent of the BridgePoint device, and multiple iterations of technique in conjunction with its use, have markedly improved success rates and procedure efficiency.
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Opolski MP, Nap A, Knaapen P. A computed tomography algorithm for crossing coronary chronic total occlusions: riding on the wave of the proximal cap and distal vessel segment. Neth Heart J 2020; 29:42-51. [PMID: 33175332 PMCID: PMC7782599 DOI: 10.1007/s12471-020-01510-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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With wider adoption of coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA), chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are being increasingly identified and characterised by non-invasive angiography. In particular, the ability of coronary CTA to clearly delineate atherosclerotic plaque, as well as to display three-dimensional vessel trajectories, has garnered particular attention in the context of preprocedural planning and periprocedural guidance of CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Single CTO features and combined scoring systems derived from CTA (mostly exceeding the diagnostic performance of the angiographic J‑CTO score) have been used to predict time-efficient guidewire crossing, and thus grade the CTO difficulty level prior to PCI. In addition, the introduction of three-dimensional CTA/fluoroscopy co-registration for periprocedural navigation during CTO PCI offers the unprecedented opportunity to resolve proximal cap ambiguity and clearly visualise the distal CTO segment, thereby potentially influencing CTO PCI strategies and techniques. In this review, the potential advantages of non-invasive evaluation of CTO by coronary CTA are described, and a CTA-based hybrid algorithm is introduced for further enhancing the efficiency of CTO PCI. Further studies are clearly needed to verify the proposed approach. However, several luminary operators have already implemented coronary CTA for planning and periprocedural guidance of CTO interventions using the hybrid algorithm.
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- M P Opolski
- Department of Interventional Cardiology and Angiology, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Heart Center, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Xenogiannis I, Alaswad K, Krestyaninov O, Khelimskii D, Khatri JJ, Choi JW, Jaffer FA, Patel M, Mahmud E, Doing AH, Dattilo P, Koutouzis M, Tsiafoutis I, Uretsky B, Jefferson BK, Patel T, Jaber W, Samady H, Sheikh AM, Yeh RW, Tamez H, Elbarouni B, Love MP, Abi Rafeh N, Maalouf A, Fadi AJ, Toma C, Shah AR, Chandwaney RH, Omer M, Megaly MS, Vemmou E, Nikolakopoulos I, Rangan BV, Garcia S, Abdullah S, Banerjee S, Burke MN, Karmpaliotis D, Brilakis ES. Impact of adherence to the hybrid algorithm for initial crossing strategy selection in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 74:1023-1031. [PMID: 33189636 DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2020.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The hybrid algorithm was designed to assist with initial and subsequent crossing strategy selection in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs). However, the success of the initially selected strategy has received limited study. METHODS We examined the impact of adherence to the hybrid algorithm recommendation for initial CTO crossing technique selection in 4178 CTO PCIs from a large multicenter registry. RESULTS The initial crossing strategy was concordant with the hybrid algorithm recommendation in 1833 interventions (44%). Patients in the concordant group had a similar age to those in the discordant group but a lower mean J-CTO score (2.0 ± 1.4 vs 2.8 ± 1.1; P < .01). The concordant group showed higher technical success with the first crossing strategy (68% vs 48%; P < .01) and higher overall technical success (88% vs 83%; P < .01) with no difference in the incidence of in-hospital major adverse events (1.8% vs 2.3%; P = .26). In multivariable analysis, after adjustment for age, prior myocardial infarction, prior PCI, prior coronary artery bypass grafting, J-CTO score, and scheduled CTO PCI, nonadherence to the hybrid algorithm was independently associated with lower technical success of the initial crossing strategy (odds ratio, 0.55; 95% confidence interval, 0.48-0.64; P < .01). CONCLUSIONS Adherence to the hybrid algorithm for initial crossing strategy selection is associated with higher CTO PCI success but similar in-hospital major adverse cardiac events.
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- Iosif Xenogiannis
- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachussetts, United States
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- VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California, United States
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- VA San Diego Healthcare System, La Jolla, California, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colorado, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, VA Central Arkansas Healthcare System, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Tristar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Tristar Centennial Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Emory University Hospital Midtown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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- Wellstar Health System, Marietta, Georgia, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, St. Boniface General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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- Department of Cardiology, St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Cardiology, St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Department of Cardiology, St. George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Department of Cardiology, VA North Texas Health Care System, Dallas, Texas, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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- Coronary Artery Disease Science Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
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CTO Revascularization. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR RISK REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s12170-020-00662-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Sapontis J, Hirai T, Patterson C, Gans B, Yeh RW, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Nicholson WJ, Pershad A, Wyman RM, Spaedy A, Cook S, Doshi P, Federici R, Thompson CA, Nugent K, Gosch K, Grantham JA, Salisbury AC. Intermediate procedural and health status outcomes and the clinical care pathways after chronic total occlusion angioplasty: A report from the OPEN-CTO (outcomes, patient health status, and efficiency in chronic total occlusion hybrid procedures) study. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 98:626-635. [PMID: 33108056 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 09/09/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND No previous reports have described the comprehensive care pathways involved in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO PCI). METHODS In a study of 1,000 consecutive patients undergoing CTO PCI using hybrid approach, a systematic algorithm of selecting CTO PCI strategies, the procedural characteristics, complication rates, and patient reported health status outcomes through 12 months were assessed. RESULTS Technical success of the index CTO PCI was 86%, with 89% of patients having at least one successful CTO PCI within 12 months. A total of 13.8% underwent CTO PCI of another vessel or reattempt of index CTO PCI within 1 year. At 1 year, the unadjusted major adverse cardiac and cerebral event (MACCE) rate was lower in patients with successful index CTO PCI compared to patients with unsuccessful index CTO PCI (9.4% vs. 14.6%, p = .04). The adjusted hazard ratios of myocardial infarction and death at 12 months were numerically lower in patients with successful index CTO PCI, compared to patients with unsuccessful index CTO PCI. Patients with successful index CTO PCI reported significantly greater improvement in health status throughout 12-months compared to patients with unsuccessful index CTO PCI. CONCLUSION CTO-PCI in the real-world often require treatment of second CTO, non-CTO PCI or repeat procedures to treat initially unsuccessful lesions. Successful CTO PCI is associated with numerically lower MACCE at 1 year and persistent symptomatic improvement compared to unsuccessful CTO PCI. Understanding the relationship between the care pathways following CTO PCI and health status benefit requires further study.
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Columbia University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
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- Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ and Banner Heart, Mesa, Arizona, USA
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- Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center, Springfield, Oregon, USA
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- Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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- Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.,University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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Vescovo GM, Zivelonghi C, Scott B, Agostoni P. Further advancement in the percutaneous revascularization of coronary chronic total occlusions: the redefined "minimalistic hybrid approach" algorithm. Minerva Cardiol Angiol 2020; 69:764-772. [PMID: 33059405 DOI: 10.23736/s2724-5683.20.05381-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A careful angiographic assessment of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) is essential for optimal procedural planning. In the classic hybrid approach, the insertion of two guiding catheters at the beginning of the intervention is recommended. This is fundamental to perform simultaneous double injection, to achieve complete visualization of the coronary circulation and to choose the best starting strategy between antegrade wire escalation (AWE), antegrade dissection and re-entry (ADR) and the retrograde techniques (retrograde wire escalation [RWE] and retrograde dissection and re-entry [RDR]). In the hybrid algorithm the set-up is the same, regardless of the chosen first strategy, and therefore routinely uses double access. Because revascularizations of CTOs commonly require large bore catheters (7-8 French) to ensure high back-up support, the femoral arterial access is preferred by most of the operators. However, the use of a double access, large introducer sheaths and femoral approach are associated with a greater risk of access-related complications and even the occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular events. We have previously proposed an algorithm, called "minimalistic hybrid approach," which aims to limit the routine use of dual injection, and to favor the use of trans-radial access and smaller (6-7 French) guiding catheters. In this algorithm the chosen starting strategy depends on the complexity of the lesion assessed by J-CTO Score and on the presence of favorable contralateral interventional collateral circulation. However, this novel algorithm proved to have some limitations, such as the non-specific evaluation of CTOs with ipsilateral collateral circulation and the too arbitrary choice of the starting strategy based on a J-CTO Score cut-off. These considerations led to the development of an "updated" minimalistic hybrid approach algorithm that considers the type of collaterals (ipsilateral or contralateral) and the a-priori choice of the hybrid technique, with the highest chance of success in that specific CTO lesion (independently from the J-CTO Score). One important aspect that makes this algorithm unique is its "dynamicity:" not only for the technique to be used, as in the classic hybrid algorithm (shifting between AWE, ADR, RWE and RDR), but also for the set-up, with access site and French size to be adapted during the PCI to the technique adopted. We believe that this novel approach could further improve the safety of CTO-PCI without losing its current efficacy.
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- Giovanni M Vescovo
- HartCentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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- HartCentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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- HartCentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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Venuti G, D'Agosta G, Tamburino C, La Manna A. When antegrade microcatheter does not follow: The "facilitated tip-in technique". Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 96:E458-E461. [PMID: 32091661 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The introduction of retrograde techniques in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) has significantly improved the success rates. After crossing the CTO lesion in the retrograde approach, wire externalization is a pivotal step to complete the PCI. Many techniques have been described to accomplish externalization in different scenarios of increasing difficulty. We describe the novel "facilitated tip-in technique" which involves the insertion of the back end of an extra-guidewire into and through the antegrade microcatheter (MC) in order to increase antegrade support and overcome demanding CTO cases where, even after successful tip-in technique, the antegrade MC does not cross the CTO segment.
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- Giuseppe Venuti
- Division of Cardiology, C.A.S.T., Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, C.A.S.T., Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, C.A.S.T., Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Cardiology, C.A.S.T., Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria "Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele", University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Drozd J, Kowalski M, Wołyniak T, Zaręba-Giezek M. The hybrid algorithm in treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions - MSWiA Lublin CTO 5-year registry. ADVANCES IN INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY 2020; 16:269-277. [PMID: 33597991 PMCID: PMC7863802 DOI: 10.5114/aic.2020.99261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 06/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTO) despite improvement in techniques and results over the last years still seems to be limited to a small number of centres and operators. Application of the hybrid strategy may support further spread of CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and increase procedural success rates. AIM Our single-centre prospective ongoing registry aims to provide details and results of recanalizations of coronary CTO performed according to the hybrid algorithm in a series of consecutive patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS Between January 2015 and September 2019 the clinical and procedural data of CTO PCI procedures on consecutive patients were collected. Lesion complexity was assessed according to the Multicenter CTO Registry of Japan (J-CTO) score: 0 - easy, 1 - intermediate, 2 - difficult, ≥ 3 - very difficult and PROGRESS score. Strategies applied were classified as: antegrade wire escalation (AWE), antegrade dissection and re-entry (ADR), retrograde wire escalation (RWE) and retrograde dissection and re-entry (RDR). Angiographic success was defined as < 30% residual stenosis with TIMI 3 flow. Angiographic and clinical complications were reported. RESULTS Two hundred sixty-six patients were included and 285 procedures were performed in total. Success rate was 87.7% (calculated per procedure) and 92.5% (calculated per patient). Four patients underwent successful staged double CTO recanalization. Fifteen patients out of 31 primary failures underwent a second attempt with a 73% success rate (11/15). Fifty-two patients (18.2%) were referred for a second attempt from other institutions. Mean J-CTO score was 2.6 (13 cases with J-CTO of 0, 41 cases with J-CTO of 1, 80 cases with J-CTO of 2, and 151 cases with J-CTO ≥ 3) and the success rate was respectively 92.3%, 95.1%, 91.3% and 83.4%. Higher complexity of occlusion required a higher number of applied strategies including retrograde access in over a quarter of cases. Complete revascularization was achieved in 215 (75.4%) cases. In-hospital MACCE rate was 3.5% - 1 patient died due to acute kidney injury complications, 9 (3.2%) patients sustained myocardial infarction (1 STEMI due to side branch occlusion). All 7 (2.5%) coronary perforations (Ellis 1 and Ellis 2) were treated conservatively and we recognised 10 (3.5%) cases of acute kidney injury (one dialysis). CONCLUSIONS The hybrid algorithm in CTO PCI can be successfully applied with good early results and low complication rates. Higher complexity CTOs require more procedural strategies with a significantly lower success rate in very difficult cases.
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- Jakub Drozd
- Department of Cardiology, SP ZOZ MSWiA, Lublin, Poland
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Yoon YH, Lee PH, Park TK, Lee JH, Cho YR, Suh J, Roh JH, Lee JH, Yoon CH, Hong YJ, Lee CH, Her SH, Chun KJ, Yoo SY, Lee JY, Lee SW. Technical Feasibility and Safety of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for True Ostial Left Anterior Descending Artery-Chronic Total Occlusion. Can J Cardiol 2020; 37:458-466. [PMID: 32827638 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2020.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for true ostial left anterior descending artery (LAD)-chronic total occlusion (CTO) lesions poses technical challenges owing to its inherent anatomic features. METHODS In total, 270 consecutive patients who underwent PCI for ostial LAD-CTO at 13 major cardiac centers in South Korea were included. Ostial LAD-CTO was strictly defined as a LAD-CTO lesion whose proximal cap was within 1 mm from the carina of the distal left main coronary artery (LMCA) bifurcation. RESULTS Ostial LAD-CTOs were frequently accompanied by stumpless lesion entry (43.4%), whereas significant bending within the occluded segment was less frequent (14.4%). The overall technical success rate was 85.9%, and serious in-hospital adverse events occurred in 5.6%. The retrograde approach tended to contribute more frequently to success in patients with concomitant LMCA disease, stumpless CTO, interventional collaterals, and higher Japanese-CTO scores. Apparent dissection or hematoma requiring rescue procedure at the LMCA or left circumflex artery occurred in 14 patients (5.2%), with a higher tendency in patients who had LMCA disease (12.1% vs 4.2%) and stumpless entry (9.4% vs 2.0%) than in those without. Among patients who were successfully treated, with an average of 1.7 stents, target-vessel failure occurred in 23 patients (9.9%) during a median 3.3 years of follow-up. CONCLUSIONS In this first large-scale analysis of true ostial LAD-CTO, PCI was feasible with a high technical success rate and favourable mid-term outcomes. Clinically relevant inflow vessel injury can occur during PCI and should be an important technical consideration regarding safety.
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- Yong-Hoon Yoon
- Division of Cardiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Kyungpook National University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Dong-A University Hospital, Busan, Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Bucheon, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Chungnam National University Hospital, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University School of Medicine, Gwangju, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Daegu, Korea
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- Department of Cardiology, Daejeon St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital, Yangsan, Korea
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- Cardiovascular Center, Gangneung Asan Hospital, Gangneung, Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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- Division of Cardiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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Treating Chronic Total Occlusions Successfully. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 13:1834-1835. [PMID: 32763076 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2020.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 06/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Agostoni P, Scott B, Budassi S, Verheye S, Convens C, Vermeersch P, Zivelonghi C. A prospective evaluation of a redefined version of the "minimalistic hybrid approach" algorithm for percutaneous coronary chronic total occlusion revascularization. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 98:617-625. [PMID: 32755018 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.29158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Aim of this study is to prospectively assess the feasibility of the "Minimalistic Hybrid Approach" (MHA) algorithm for chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). BACKGROUND We recently described the MHA, with focus on the classic hybrid strategies (antegrade wire escalation [AWE] or retrograde wire escalation [RWE], antegrade dissection-re-entry [ADR] or retrograde dissection-re-entry [RDR]), and also on access site (favoring "wrist" approach: radial, ulnar, and distal radial), introducer French size (favoring 6 French catheters) and nonroutine initial use of dual injection. METHODS The MHA was prospectively attempted in 56 consecutive CTO PCI in 54 patients. Technical success was defined as the achievement of TIMI 3 antegrade flow with residual stenosis <30%, procedural success was defined as technical success without in-hospital major adverse cardiovascular events. RESULTS Mean Japanese-CTO (J-CTO) score was 2.04 ± 0.95(J-CTO score ≥ 3 in 30.4%). The lesion-based technical and procedural success were 94.6%(53/56:three failures, two in the same patient) and 91.1%(51/56:three failures, one tamponade requiring pericardiocentesis and one periprocedural infarction), the patient-based successes were: technical 98.1%(53/54) and procedural 94.4%(51/54). In 34 procedures (60.7%), the approach was single catheter (always trans-wrist besides one femoral). Out of the 22(39.3%) lesions approached with dual catheters, one was bi-femoral, the rest was bi-wrist. In 29 cases (51.8%) AWE represented the successful technique, ADR in 5(8.9%) and retrograde in 19(33.9%); 3(5.4%) were failures. CONCLUSIONS The current study shows that the MHA algorithm is feasible in almost every CTO lesion and it can lead to extremely successful results once applied by operators well acquainted with the wrist approach and with established experience using the full spectrum of the hybrid algorithm techniques.
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- Hartcentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hartcentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hartcentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hartcentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hartcentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Hartcentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
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Yoon YH, Lee PH, Lee SW, Kwon O, Lee K, Kang DY, Ahn JM, Park DW, Kang SJ, Kim YH, Lee CW, Park SW, Park SJ. Clinical outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention for in-stent chronic total occlusion. EUROINTERVENTION 2020; 16:e472-e479. [DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-19-00650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Procedural outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with dissection and reentry versus wire escalation techniques: a meta-analysis. Coron Artery Dis 2020; 31:703-715. [PMID: 32639248 DOI: 10.1097/mca.0000000000000924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND The procedural safety of dissection and reentry (DR) techniques in chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) remains controversial, when compared with conventional wire escalation (WE) techniques. The meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of DR techniques vs. WE techniques on periprocedural outcomes in patients with CTO undergoing PCI. METHODS Studies were searched in electronic database from inception to December 2018. Results were pooled using random effects model and fixed effects model. RESULTS The pooled analyses revealed that DR techniques increased risks of periprocedural complications in patients with CTO PCI, including higher coronary perforation rate [risk ratio (RR) = 2.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.24-3.55], periprocedural myocardial infarction (RR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.23-2.78), branch occlusion (RR = 2.69; 95% CI 1.92-3.77) and coronary hematoma (RR = 3.06; 95% CI 2.45-3.82) detected by intravascular ultrasound, when compared to those with WE techniques. However, DR techniques were more applied in patients with higher complexity CTO lesions, which was evidenced by higher J-CTO score [standard mean differences (SMD) = 0.71, 95% CI 0.51-0.91] and longer fluoroscopy time (SMD = 0.93, 95% CI 0.70-1.16), that may explain the higher complications rates in the DR techniques group as compared with WE techniques. CONCLUSION The present meta-analysis suggests that the DR technique is relatively frequently used during contemporary CTO PCI, especially for challenging more complex CTO lesions. However, it is associated with higher, yet acceptable, rates of periprocedural adverse events as compared with a conventional WE strategy. Further refinement of DR techniques and evidence from large RCTs is needed to define the optimal role of DR in hybrid CTO PCI.
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Peri-Okonny PA, Spertus JA, Grantham JA, Gosch K, Kirtane A, Sapontis J, Lombardi W, Karmpaliotis D, Moses J, Nicholson W, Salisbury AC. Physical Activity After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion and Its Association With Health Status. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 8:e011629. [PMID: 30922149 PMCID: PMC6509725 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.011629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Background Patients with chronic total occlusion (CTO) may not participate in regular exercise because of refractory angina. Exercise participation after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for CTO (CTO PCI) and the association of exercise with health status after CTO PCI is unknown. Methods and Results Overall, 1000 patients enrolled in the Outcomes, Patient Health Status, and Efficiency in Chronic Total Occlusion OPEN CTO is a registry were asked about participation in regular exercise at baseline and 12 months after CTO PCI, and the frequency of exercise (<1, 1–2, ≥3 times/week) was collected among exercisers. Health status was assessed using the Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ). Multivariable regression assessed 12‐month health status change across 4 groups defined by exercise frequency at baseline and 12 months after CTO PCI (no regular exercise at baseline and 12 months, reduced, increased, and consistent exercise at 12 months). Among 869 patients with complete exercise data, the proportion that exercised regularly increased from 33.5% at baseline to 56.6% 12 months after CTO PCI (P<0.01). Predictors of regular exercise at 12 months included baseline exercise, smoking, baseline and increase in SAQ scores for angina frequency, physical limitation, quality of life, and summary. After multivariable adjustment, consistent or increased exercise frequency was associated with significantly greater improvement in SAQ scores for angina frequency, physical limitation, quality of life, and summary (P<0.01). Conclusions Participation in regular exercise increased significantly 12 months after CTO PCI, and patients who had greater health status benefit after PCI were more likely to exercise regularly at 12 months. CTO PCI may enable coronary artery disease patients with limiting symptoms to engage in regular exercise and to support better long‐term outcomes.
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- 1 Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Kansas City MO.,2 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City MO
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- 1 Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Kansas City MO.,2 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City MO
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- 1 Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Kansas City MO
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- 1 Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute Kansas City MO.,2 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City MO
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Wu EB. From reverse CART to antegrade wire access: a guide to externalisation, tip-in, rendezvous, and snaring from the APCTO club: Reverse CART to antegrade access. ASIAINTERVENTION 2020; 6:6-14. [PMID: 34912979 PMCID: PMC8525603 DOI: 10.4244/aij-d-19-00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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We at the Asia Pacific Chronic Total Occlusion (APCTO) club, provide this review to address the gap between reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking (CART) and antegrade wire access. We describe the usual method for wire externalisation. We then address how to deal with failure to wire the proximal part of the chronic total occlusion (CTO) vessel or the guiding catheter. After successful antegrade guiding catheter wiring, we address the problem of failing to cross the CTO body with the retrograde microcatheter and we recommend the use of a retrograde small balloon, reversion to traditional CART, retrograde knuckle wiring into the subintimal space and antegrade scratch and go, and external cap crush. We also propose rendezvous type tip-in and describe the way to do this to overcome problems. In conclusion, we review and make recommendations for methods to gain antegrade wire access after successful reverse CART. We have addressed each failure mode in detail covering the different options, balancing risks and success rates. Our recommendations focus upon safety first and ease of use. We hope this work will help all retrograde operators to further improve the safety, efficacy, and success rates of their retrograde procedures.
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Nikolakopoulos I, Vemmou E, Karacsonyi J, Xenogiannis I, Werner GS, Gershlick AH, Rinfret S, Yamane M, Avran A, Egred M, Garcia S, Burke MN, Brilakis ES. Latest developments in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 2020; 18:415-426. [PMID: 32594784 DOI: 10.1080/14779072.2020.1787153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (CTO PCI) is now performed with high success rates and acceptable complication rates. AREAS COVERED We describe recent clinical and technological developments in CTO PCI from 2018 to 2020. EXPERT OPINION After publication of six randomized controlled trials, improving patient symptoms remains the principal indication for CTO PCI. Although good outcomes can be achieved with CTO PCI at experienced centers, success rates are significantly lower at less experienced centers, despite increased use in CTO crossing algorithms and development of novel and improved equipment and techniques.
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- Ilias Nikolakopoulos
- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Medizinische Klinik I (Cardiology & Intensive Care), Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH , Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute of Health Research Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital , Leicester, UK
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- McGill University Health Centre, McGill University , Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Cardiology Department, Saitama Sekishinkai Hospital , Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Interventional Cardiology, Clinique Pasteur, Essey-lès-nancy , France
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- Cardiothoracic Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle University , Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Creaney C, Walsh SJ. Antegrade Chronic Total Occlusion Strategies: A Technical Focus for 2020. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 15:e08. [PMID: 32684982 PMCID: PMC7362334 DOI: 10.15420/icr.2020.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/24/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are common in patients with ischaemic heart disease. In many countries, patients with CTOs are underserved by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). One of the barriers to CTO PCI is the technical challenges of these procedures. Improvements in technique and dedicated devices for CTO PCI, combined with advances in procedural strategy, have resulted in a dramatic increase in procedural success and outcomes. Antegrade wiring (AW) is the preferred initial strategy in short CTOs, where the proximal cap and course of the vessel is understood. For many longer, more complex occlusions, AW has a low probability of success. Dissection and re-entry techniques allow longer CTOs and those with ambiguous anatomy to be crossed safely and efficiently, and CTO operators must also be familiar with these strategies. The CrossBoss and Stingray system is currently the primary targeted re-entry device used during antegrade dissection and re-entry (ADR), and there continues to be an evolution in its use to increase procedural efficiency. In contrast to older ADR techniques, targeted re-entry allows preservation of important side-branches, and there is no difference in outcomes compared to intraplaque stenting.
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- Calum Creaney
- Department of Cardiology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Belfast, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust Belfast, UK
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Debate of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Multimorbidity Patient with Complex Coronary Lesions. Case Rep Cardiol 2020; 2020:9493519. [PMID: 32509355 PMCID: PMC7251425 DOI: 10.1155/2020/9493519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background While complete revascularization in coronary artery disease is of high priority, the method of implementation in patients with complex coronary lesions and multiple comorbidities is not directed by published guidelines. Case Presentation. A 53-year-old female with a chronic total occlusion of the right coronary artery and a bifurcation lesion of the left anterior descending artery and the first diagonal branch, presented with non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Her past medical history concerned thymectomy and prior chest radiation for thymoma, myasthenia gravis, peripheral artery disease, and cervical cancer treated with surgery and radiation. Although SYNTAX score II favored surgical revascularization, the interventional pathway was finally successfully followed. However, it was complicated with vessel perforation and tamponade managed with pericardiocentesis. Conclusion Comorbidities are not all involved in common risk models and require individualization until more evidence comes to light.
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Riley RF, Henry TD, Mahmud E, Kirtane AJ, Brilakis ES, Goyal A, Grines CL, Lombardi WL, Maran A, Rab T, Tremmel JA, Truesdell AG, Yeh RW, Zhao DX, Jaffer FA. SCAI
position statement on optimal percutaneous coronary interventional therapy for complex coronary artery disease. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 96:346-362. [DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- The Carl and Edyth Lindner Center for Research and Education The Christ Hospital Cincinnati Ohio USA
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- Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA
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- Center for Interventional Vascular Therapy Columbia University Medical Center New York New York USA
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- Medical University of South Carolina North Charleston South Carolina USA
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- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston‐Salem North Carolina USA
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Retrograde Versus Antegrade Approach for Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion in an Algorithm-Driven Contemporary Asia-Pacific Multicentre Registry: Comparison of Outcomes. Heart Lung Circ 2020; 29:894-903. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.05.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2018] [Revised: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Memon S, Janzer S, Kalra S, George JC. Recanalization of superior mesenteric artery chronic total occlusion using hybrid algorithm and dissection reentry device. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2020; 95:1314-1319. [PMID: 31925989 DOI: 10.1002/ccd.28704] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2019] [Revised: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Chronic total occlusion (CTO) of mesenteric arteries with associated chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Endovascular intervention has been associated with high technical success with high rates of freedom from symptoms and long-term patency. However, to achieve high procedural success, use of optimal vascular access and expertise in CTO hybrid algorithm including advanced dissection reentry strategies are essential. We present a case of CMI from severe celiac artery (CA) stenosis and CTO of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and inferior mesenteric artery (IMA). After treatment of CA stenosis, we were unsuccessful in our first attempt at recanalization of SMA CTO. On second attempt, left brachial artery (BA) access was obtained and the hybrid algorithm along with use of Stingray Reentry balloon (Boston Scientific) for dissection reentry into true lumen was successful in recanalizing the SMA CTO with placement of balloon expandable covered stents (CS). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report utilizing Sting-ray Reentry balloon in the mesenteric arteries.
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- Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Interventional Cardiology and Endovascular Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Guo L, Lv HC, Huang RC. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Elderly Patients with Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives. Clin Interv Aging 2020; 15:771-781. [PMID: 32546995 PMCID: PMC7264026 DOI: 10.2147/cia.s252318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 05/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The proportion of the elderly in the total population of the world is growing, and the number of elderly patients with coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) is huge. The elderly patients often have more extensive coronary artery disease, more severe ischemic burden and higher risk of cardiovascular events, as compared to younger patients, and thereby they might greatly benefit from coronary revascularization, even though they may have higher risk of operative complications. Most interventional cardiologists are more likely to be reluctant to operate complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in elderly patients. The latest refinements in dedicated CTO-PCI equipment and techniques have led to high rates of success and low complications rates and have made the CTO-PCI procedures safe and effective among the elderly patients. However, up to now, there is no widely recognized consensus or guideline on treatment strategy of elderly CTO patients, and the prognosis in this population is unknown. In this review, we aim to provide an overview of the current evidence and future perspectives on PCI in elderly patients with CTOs.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lei Guo
- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, People’s Republic of China
| | - Rong-Chong Huang
- Department of Cardiology, Capital Medical University Affiliated Beijing Friendship Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
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