For the creation of the Japanese algorithm, Tanaka and colleagues looked at 5,843 patients from the Japanese CTO-PCI registry treated between 2014 and 2017. The 26.7% who were treated with a primary ...

The Asia Pacific CTO Club recently created the Asia Pacific algorithm for CTO PCI . Initial results of the registry were presented at the 2017 Japan CTO Club in Nagoya, Japan, showing a 95% ...

While the existing algorithms have served CTO operators well, Brilakis said the time has come for even more standardization. One of the challenges trainees have faced, for example, is “getting ...

Wanted: A Hybrid Peripheral CTO Algorithm Peripheral and coronary CTOs differ; each requires its own tools and approaches. Issue: September/October 2017. ByJihad A. Mustapha, MD, FACC, FSCAI.