Applied Pathology for Interventions of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion

Title:Applied Pathology for Interventions of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion

Volume: 11 Issue: 4

Author(s): Phillip Tran, Hung Phan, Sara R Shah, Faisal Latif and Thach Nguyen

Affiliation:

Keywords: Chronic total occlusion, pathology, percutaneous coronary intervention.

Abstract: Percutaneous coronary intervention of chronically occluded vessels can result in significant improvement in symptoms, relieve myocardial ischemia, and affect a reduction in major adverse cardiac events. Likelihood of achieving successful revascularization can be significantly enhanced with a thorough understanding of the pathology of these occluded coronary arteries. In this chapter, various steps and techniques to cross the CTO lesion and recanalize it are discussed in details.

Cite this article as:

Tran Phillip, Phan Hung, Shah R Sara, Latif Faisal and Nguyen Thach, Applied Pathology for Interventions of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion, Current Cardiology Reviews 2015; 11 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573403X11666150909110915