TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusions A1 - Brilakis, Emmanouil S. A1 - Karatasakis, Aris A1 - Banerjee, Subhash A2 - Baliga, R. R. A2 - Lilly, Scott M. A2 - Abraham, William T. PY - 2018 T2 - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Interventional Cardiology AB - Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are defined as coronary lesions with Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) grade 0 flow of at least 3 months in duration. Coronary CTOs are common, being encountered in approximately 1 in 3 patients who are found to have coronary artery disease during coronary angiography (range, 18%-52%; Table 12-1).1-5 Numerous patients with CTOs have complex coronary artery disease and are referred for coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), but many are referred for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/10 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160206538 ER -