Who Should Undergo Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?: The EXPLORation Continues

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¹ Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota; VA North Texas Healthcare System Dallas, Texas; University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: esbrilakis@gmail.com.
² VA North Texas Healthcare System Dallas, Texas; University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas.

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Emmanouil S Brilakis et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016.

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. 2016 Oct 11;68(15):1633-1636.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.07.748.

¹ Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota; VA North Texas Healthcare System Dallas, Texas; University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas. Electronic address: esbrilakis@gmail.com.
² VA North Texas Healthcare System Dallas, Texas; University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas.

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Keywords: ST-elevation; chronic total occlusion; myocardial infarction; percutaneous coronary intervention.

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