CT angiography for revascularization of CTO: crossing the borders of diagnosis and treatment

MP Opolski, S Achenbach - JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, 2015 - jacc.org
Coronary computed tomography angiography (CTA) is increasingly used to diagnose and
rule out coronary artery disease. Beyond stenosis detection, the ability of CTA to visualize …

Coronary computed tomographic prediction rule for time-efficient guidewire crossing through chronic total occlusion: insights from the CT-RECTOR multicenter registry …

MP Opolski, S Achenbach, A Schuhbäck, A Rolf… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2015 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to establish a coronary computed tomography angiography
prediction rule for grading chronic total occlusion (CTO) difficulty for percutaneous coronary …

Use of coronary computed tomographic angiography to facilitate percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions

GS Werner - Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Chronic total coronary occlusions (CTO) are found frequently in coronary artery disease;
however, the technical challenge to open the occlusion by percutaneous coronary …

Comparison of CT-RECTOR and J-CTO scores to predict chronic total occlusion difficulty for percutaneous coronary intervention

Y Tan, J Zhou, W Zhang, Y Zhou, L Du, F Tian… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background We sought to evaluate the ability of the CT-RECTOR and J-CTO scores to
predict time-efficient guidewire (GW) crossing through a chronic total occlusion (CTO) and …

Predictive performance of the perivascular fat attenuation index for interventional antegrade percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion

Y Xi, L Huang, J Hao, C Luo, J Li, Y Dong, G Lin… - European …, 2023 - Springer
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the association between the perivascular fat
attenuation index (FAI) and the success of the antegrade percutaneous coronary …

Cardiac computed tomography for planning revascularization procedures

MP Opolski - Journal of thoracic imaging, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA) is being increasingly used to
detect and rule out coronary artery stenoses. Beyond stenosis detection, the abundance of …

[HTML][HTML] A computed tomography algorithm for crossing coronary chronic total occlusions: riding on the wave of the proximal cap and distal vessel segment

MP Opolski, A Nap, P Knaapen - Netherlands Heart Journal, 2021 - Springer
With wider adoption of coronary computed tomography angiography (coronary CTA),
chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are being increasingly identified and characterised by non …

Current trends in patients with chronic total occlusions undergoing coronary CT angiography

MP Opolski, B ó Hartaigh, DS Berman, MJ Budoff… - Heart, 2015 - heart.bmj.com
Objective Data describing the prevalence, characteristics and management of coronary
chronic total occlusions (CTOs) in patients undergoing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) …

[HTML][HTML] Inclusion of quantitative high-density plaque in coronary computed tomographic score system to predict the time of guidewire crossing chronic total occlusion

R Wang, Y He, H Xing, D Zhang, J Tian, Y Le… - European …, 2022 - Springer
Objective This study aimed to establish a new scoring system that includes histological
quantitative features derived from coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) to …

[HTML][HTML] Accuracy of the Euro CTO (CASTLE) score obtained on coronary computed tomography angiography for Predicting 30-minute wire crossing in chronic total …

Y Yu, Z Sha, S Chang, D Zhai, X Zhang, A Hou… - BMC Cardiovascular …, 2022 - Springer
Background To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of the Euro CTO (CASTLE) CTA
score obtained on coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) for predicting the …