TCT-186 Impact of the number of chronic totally occluded arteries on long-term prognosis in patients with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous coronary intervention

Authors :: Mariusz Gasior
Piotr Desperak
Michał Hawranek
L. Pyka
Aneta Cislak
Jacek Piegza
Mateusz Tajstra
Marek Gierlotka
Lech Poloński
Andrzej Lekston
Pawel Gasior
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. (15):B69
Publisher :: Published by Elsevier Inc.
Abstract: It has been proven that presence of chronic total occlusion (CTO) in other than infarct-related artery (IRA) in patients with NSTEMI is associated with higher rates of in-hospital and long-term mortality than in patients without CTO. However, there is a lack of data regarding the influence of the

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
animal structures
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Percutaneous coronary intervention
medicine.disease
Total occlusion
medicine.anatomical_structure
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
ST segment
In patient
Myocardial infarction
business
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Artery

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