Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) has historically been limited by technical success rates of 50–70%, despite being performed in highly selected cases. Currently, however, operators and programs with greater experience of CTO interventions and modern techniques and technologies can consistently achieve technical success rates of >80% in a more unselected and complex population of CTO patients. The transfemoral approach (TFA) represents the most extensively used access route for CTO treatment. However, recently there has been growing interest in using the transradial approach (TRA) to perform PCI for CTO
Access route for coronary chronic total occlusion: femoral or radial approach? / Niccoli, G; De Vita, Mr; Montone, Ra; Burzotta, F; Trani, C. - In: INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 1755-5302. - 5:(2013), pp. 485-488. [10.2217/ica.13.58]
Access route for coronary chronic total occlusion: femoral or radial approach?
Niccoli G;
2013-01-01
Abstract
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) has historically been limited by technical success rates of 50–70%, despite being performed in highly selected cases. Currently, however, operators and programs with greater experience of CTO interventions and modern techniques and technologies can consistently achieve technical success rates of >80% in a more unselected and complex population of CTO patients. The transfemoral approach (TFA) represents the most extensively used access route for CTO treatment. However, recently there has been growing interest in using the transradial approach (TRA) to perform PCI for CTOI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
