Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports (ASCR)

Editorial Volume 1 Issue 4

Changing Mentality in the Approach of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion: The Minimalistic Hybrid Approach

Simone Budassi1,2*, Carlo Zivelonghi1 and Pierfrancesco Agostoni1

1HartCentrum Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
2Interventional Cardiology Department Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium

*Corresponding Author: Simone Budassi, HartCentrum Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middelheim and Interventional Cardiology Department Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Brussel, Belgium.

Received: February 25, 2020; Published: April 01, 2020

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  Coronary Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are detected in 15 - 25% of patients undergoing coronary angiography [1]. Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCIs) of CTOs present some of the most complex subsets for interventional cardiologist. In the last years the success rate of CTO-PCIs has rapidly improved, not only because of the evolution in materials (e.g. microcatheters, dedicated guidewires) and techniques (including retrograde approaches and sub-intimal strategies) but also thanks to the development of dedicated programs and shared strategies for operators approaching these very complex procedures.

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Citation

Citation: Simone Budassi., et al. “Changing Mentality in the Approach of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion: The Minimalistic Hybrid Approach”. Acta Scientific Clinical Case Reports 1.4 (2020): 01-02.




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