Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography Predicts Guidewire Crossing and Success of Percutaneous Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion: Korean Multicenter CTO CT Registry Score as a Tool for Assessing Difficulty in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention [Coronary Artery Disease]

Conclusions—
KCCT scoring could predict successful guidewire crossing ≤30 minutes and also procedural success. KCCT scoring may enable noninvasive grading difficulty of CTO percutaneous coronary intervention.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - April 7, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Yu, C.-W., Lee, H.-J., Suh, J., Lee, N.-H., Park, S.-M., Park, T. K., Yang, J. H., Song, Y. B., Hahn, J.-Y., Choi, S. H., Gwon, H.-C., Lee, S.-H., Choe, Y. H., Kim, S. M., Choi, J.-H. Tags: Computerized Tomography (CT), Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research