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In-Hospital Outcomes Following Surgical Revascularization of Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Patients with chronic total occlusions of the coronary arteries are either treated with PCI or referred for surgical revascularization.
Albi Fagu, Tim Berger, Clarence Pingpoh, Stoyan Kondov, Maximilian Kreibich, Jan Minners, Martin Czerny, Matthias Siepe   +7 more
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Predictive significance of the six-minute walk distance for long-term survival in chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure [PDF]

, 2007
Background: The 6-min walk distance ( 6-MWD) is a global marker of functional capacity and prognosis in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD), but less explored in other chronic respiratory diseases.
Aida A, Andre P. Hitzl, ATS Committee on Proficiency Standards for Clinical Pulmonary Function Laboratories, Barreiro E, Bittner V, Bowen JB, Budweiser S, Budweiser S, Cano NJ, Cano NJ, Carter R, Casanova C, Chailleux E, Criee CP, Enright PL, Fabbri L, Farre R, Felix Heidtkamp, Frank Heinemann, Fuschillo S, Gustafson T, Highcock MP, Kathrin Schmidbauer, Koechlin C, Kossler W, Lederer DJ, Lloyd-Owen SJ, Marquis K, Mascolo MC, Michael Arzt, Michael Pfeifer, Miyamoto S, Quanjer PH, Rudolf A. Jörres, Sauleda J, Schols AM, Sciurba F, Stephan Budweiser, Stephan Schroll, Vestbo J   +39 more
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A Novel Hybrid Approach to the Treatment of a Left Main Coronary Artery Aneurysm

JACC: Case Reports, 2020
A 66-year-old man with a ramus chronic total occlusion had escalating angina and a high-risk stress test. Coronary angiography the day of his planned ramus chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention demonstrated a large left main aneurysm.
Rhian E. Davies, DO, MS, Amy E. Cheney, MD, James M. McCabe, MD, Khaldoon Alaswad, MD, William L. Lombardi, MD   +4 more
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Medical therapy, percutaneous coronary intervention and prognosis in patients with chronic total occlusions [PDF]

, 2015
Objective There is little published data reporting outcomes for those found to have a chronic total coronary occlusion (CTO) that is electively treated medically versus those treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Alamgir, Farquad, Allgar, Victoria, Hoye, Angela, Ladwiniec, Andrew, Thackray, Simon   +4 more
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Recanalisation of coronary chronic total occlusions

EuroIntervention, 2022
Percutaneous treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) has advanced greatly since its advent in the late 1970s through the development of dedicated wires and microcatheters, the improved skills of highly experienced operators and the adoption of new sophisticated strategies to guide procedural planning.
Di Mario, Carlo, Mashayekhi, Kambis, Garbo, Roberto, Pyxaras, Stylianos A., Ciardetti, Niccolò, Werner, Gerald S.   +5 more
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Cerebral perfusion MR imaging using FAIR-HASTE in chronic carotid occlusive disease: comparison with dynamic susceptibility contrast-perfusion MR imaging. [PDF]

, 2006
To determine the efficacy of flow-sensitive alternating inversion recovery using half-Fourier single-shot turbo spin-echo (FAIR-HASTE) in detecting cerebral hypoperfusion in chronic carotid occlusive disease, we subjected 12 patients with various degrees
Akaki, Shiro, Ida, Kentaro, Kanazawa, Susumu, Sei, Tetsuro, Tsunoda, Masatoshi   +4 more
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Dedicated Balloon Techniques for Coronary Calcium Modification

Interventional Cardiology: Reviews, Research, Resources
Coronary calcification represents a significant technical challenge in percutaneous coronary intervention and is associated with worse clinical outcomes.
Max W Maffey, Rodrigo Bagur
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Rattus Model Utilizing Selective Pulmonary Ischemia Induces Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia [PDF]

, 2013
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP), a morbid condition when associated with lung transplant and chronic lung disease, is believed to be a complication of ischemia.
Clough, Anne V., Cummens, Breana, Densmore, John C., Jacobs, Elizabeth R., Jeziorczak, Paul M., Medhora, Meetha, Pritchard, Kirkwood A., Jr, Rao, Arjun   +7 more
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Clinical selection strategies to identify ischemic stroke patients with large anterior vessel occlusion: results from SITS-ISTR (Safe Implementation of Thrombolysis in Stroke International Stroke Thrombolysis Registry) [PDF]

, 2017
Background and Purpose—The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) correlates with presence of large anterior vessel occlusion (LAVO). However, the application of the full NIHSS in the prehospital setting to select patients eligible for ...
Abdul-Rahim, Azmil H., Ahmed, Niaz, Audebert, Heinrich J., Broderick, Joseph P., Cooray, Charith, Endres, Matthias, Khatri, Pooja, Kleindorfer, Dawn, Lees, Kennedy R., MacIsaac, Rachael L., Nolte, Christian H., Scheitz, Jan F., Sucharew, Heidi, Wahlgren, Nils   +13 more
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Coronary chronic total occlusion intervention: A pathophysiological perspective

Indian Heart Journal, 2018
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) is the last frontier in coronary intervention. PCI of CTO carries multiple advantages, such as significant improvement in symptoms, improvement in abnormal wall motion and left ...
Debabrata Dash
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