Approach to CTO intervention: overview of techniques

A Karatasakis, BA Danek, D Karmpaliotis… - … treatment options in …, 2017 - Springer
Opinion statement Successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total
occlusions (CTOs) has been associated with significant clinical benefits, but remains …

Retrograde CTO-PCI of native coronary arteries via left internal mammary artery grafts: insights from a multicenter US registry.

P Tajti, A Karatasakis, D Karmpaliotis… - The Journal of …, 2017 - europepmc.org
Background Retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of native coronary artery
chronic total occlusion (CTO) via left internal mammary artery (LIMA) graft has received …

Prevalence and outcomes of percutaneous coronary interventions for ostial chronic total occlusions: insights from a multicenter chronic total occlusion registry

P Tajti, MN Burke, D Karmpaliotis, K Alaswad… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Ostial chronic total occlusions (CTOs) can be challenging to recanalize.
Methods We sought to examine the prevalence, angiographic presentation, and procedural …

[PDF][PDF] 冠状动脉慢性完全闭塞病变介入治疗及临床获益研究进展

安明春, 杨旭明 - 心血管病学进展杂志, 2019 - cpsmd.com.cn
冠状动脉慢性完全闭塞目前仍是介入心血管医生面临的最大挑战之一. 尽管目前在介入治疗技术
上和临床获益方面取得了一定的进展, 但尚未开通病变的患者比例仍然很高 …

Chronic total occlusion interventions: update on current tips and tricks

P Tajti, I Xenogiannis, D Karmpaliotis, K Alaswad… - Current cardiology …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To summarize novel techniques and developments in chronic
total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Recent Findings Using an …

[HTML][HTML] “Around the world”–How to reach native coronary artery lesions through long and tortuous aortocoronary bypass grafts

P Tajti, Y Sandoval, ES Brilakis - Hellenic Journal of Cardiology, 2018 - Elsevier
Patients with prior coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) often present with recurrent
ischemic symptoms, which are more commonly due to the progression of atherosclerosis in …

Successful retrograde visualization and recanalization of chronic ostial occlusion of the left main coronary artery via a saphenous vein graft with the drilled balloon …

Y Balaban, MG Elevli - Clinical Medicine Insights: Case …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
We are representing a case of successful retrograde recanalization of a chronic ostial
occlusive lesion of the left main coronary artery (LMCA) via a saphenous vein graft. A 70 …