SynthesisCurrent atherosclerosis reports2019
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Medical Therapy for Chronic Total Occlusion of Coronary Arteries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of the use of drug-coated balloon angioplasty for treatment of both de novo and in-stent coronary chronic total occlusions.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2026Pooled it
- Outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions in the elderly: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical cardiology · 2021Pooled it
- Myocardial Viability and Ischaemia in Chronic Total Occlusion.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Effect of Coronary Collateral Supply on Left Ventricular Global Longitudinal Strain after Recanalization of Chronic Total Occlusion.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Incidence of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with chronic total coronary occlusion: Results of the VACTOR study.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Article
- Effect of cytochrome P450 2C19 (CYP2C19) gene polymorphism and clopidogrel reactivity on long term prognosis of patients with coronary heart disease after PCI.Journal of geriatric cardiology : JGC · 2024Article
- Complete vs. incomplete percutaneous revascularization in patients with chronic total coronary artery occlusion.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Dilemmas in cardiology: when to recanalize a chronic total occlusion.European heart journal supplements : journal of the European Society of Cardiology · 2023Article
- The Role of Multimodality Imaging for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Chronic Total Occlusions.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Review
- A comparison of long-term clinical outcomes between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and medical therapy in patients with chronic total occlusion in noninfarct-related artery after PCI of acute myocardial infarction.Clinical cardiology · 2022Article
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion.US cardiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewChronic total occlusion (CTO) of the coronary arteries is a significant clinical problem and has traditionally been treated by medical therapy or coronary artery bypass grafting. Recent studies have examined percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as an alternative option. RECENT
findingsThis systematic review and meta-analysis compared medical therapy to PCI for treating CTOs. PubMed and Embase were searched from their inception to March 2019 for studies that compared medical therapy and PCI for clinical outcomes in patients with CTOs. Quality of the included studies was assessed by Newcastle-Ottawa scale. The results were pooled by DerSimonian and Laird random- or fixed-effect models as appropriate. Heterogeneity between studies and publication bias was evaluated by I
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