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Comment
. 2024 Jan 1;20(1):110.
doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00857.

Reply: Due to the lack of significant mortality benefits along with high procedural complication rates, percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions should be discouraged

Gerald S Werner  1 , David Hildick-Smith  2 , For The EuroCTO Trial Investigators
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Reply: Due to the lack of significant mortality benefits along with high procedural complication rates, percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusions should be discouraged

Gerald S Werner et al. EuroIntervention. .
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Conflict of interest statement

G. Werner reports speaker honoraria from Asahi Intecc, Abbott Vascular, Daiichi Sankyo, OrbusNeich, Philips/Volcano, Siemens, and Terumo. D. Hildick-Smith has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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