Dyspnea Among Patients With Chronic Total Occlusions Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Prevalence and Predictors of Improvement [Original Articles]

Conclusions—
Dyspnea is a common symptom among patients undergoing CTO PCI and improves significantly with successful PCI. Patients with other potentially noncardiac causes of dyspnea reported less dyspnea improvement after CTO PCI.

Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - December 13, 2017 Category: Cardiology Authors: Qintar, M., Grantham, J. A., Sapontis, J., Gosch, K. L., Lombardi, W., Karmpaliotis, D., Moses, J., Salisbury, A. C., Cohen, D. J., Spertus, J. A., Arnold, S. V. Tags: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Revascularization, Quality and Outcomes Original Articles Source Type: research