Handbook of Chronic Total Occlusions

ISBN: 9781841846712 出版年：2007 页码：250 CRC Press

Chronic total occlusions (CTO) are common, and found in approximately one third of patients with significant coronary artery disease who undergo angiography. CTO constitute one of the main criteria when selecting between angioplasty and bypass surgery. Angioplasty for CTO is intricate and;requires excellent operator skill, but even when perfor