New research suggests that transradial access is on par with transfemoral access when performing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO), and has fewer complications ...

A novel study shines a light on the physiological stress interventional cardiologists may encounter when performing complex percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures. The study of five ...

Performing PCI on a chronic total occlusion (CTO), or in fact doing any type of transcatheter intervention, is associated with a significant stress response for the interventional cardiologist beyond ...

In patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), stenting demonstrated improved long-term survival and fewer cardiac arrests at one year. The ...

Coronary revascularization of a chronic total occlusion (CTO) with PCI appears to significantly improve quality of life and reduce patient symptoms when compared with optimal medical therapy (OMT), ...