Outcomes of Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Diabetes: Insights From the OPEN CTO Registry

Conclusions Although technical success was lower in patients with diabetes, this reflected lower success among patients with prior bypass surgery, without any significant difference in success rate after adjusting for prior bypass and disease complexity. CTO PCI complication rates are similar in diabetic and nondiabetic patients, and symptom improvement following CTO PCI is robust and of a similar magnitude regardless of diabetes status.

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Source: Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Cardiovascular Interventions - November 6, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Salisbury, A. C., Sapontis, J., Grantham, J. A., Qintar, M., Gosch, K. L., Lombardi, W., Karmpaliotis, D., Moses, J., Cohen, D. J., Spertus, J. A., Kosiborod, M., for the OPEN CTO Study Group Tags: Coronary: Chronic Total Occlusions Focus Source Type: research