Chronic coronary total occlusions: Let's make the long story short

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Sahil Khera et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021.

. 2021 May 1;97(6):1184-1185.

doi: 10.1002/ccd.29722.

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, New York, USA.

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Predictors and outcomes of procedural failure of percutaneous coronary intervention of a chronic total occlusion-A subanalysis of the EXPLORE trial.
Kolk MZH, van Veelen A, Agostoni P, van Houwelingen GK, Ouweneel DM, Hoebers LP, Råmunddal T, Laanmets P, Eriksen E, Bax M, Suttorp MJ, Claessen BEPM, van der Schaaf RJ, Elias J, van Dongen IM, Henriques JPS. Kolk MZH, et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021 May 1;97(6):1176-1183. doi: 10.1002/ccd.28904. Epub 2020 Apr 15. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2021. PMID: 32294316 Clinical Trial.

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