Heuser Richard R
St. Luke's Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona; University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, Arizona.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2015 Apr;85(5):779-80. doi: 10.1002/ccd.25886.
Prevalence of chronic total occlusions (CTO's) is as high as 50% in angiographic series Patients are helped with successful recanalization of CTO's In spite of current improved success rates in CTO percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), only 10-12% of CTO's are currently attempted.
在血管造影系列研究中,慢性完全闭塞(CTO)的患病率高达50%。成功使CTO再通可帮助患者。尽管目前CTO经皮冠状动脉介入治疗(PCI)的成功率有所提高,但目前仅有10%-12%的CTO尝试进行治疗。