RT Book, Section A1 Brilakis, Emmanouil S. A1 Karatasakis, Aris A1 Banerjee, Subhash A2 Baliga, R. R. A2 Lilly, Scott M. A2 Abraham, William T. SR Print(0) ID 1160206538 T1 Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Chronic Total Occlusions T2 Color Atlas and Synopsis of Interventional Cardiology YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071749350 LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160206538 RD 2024/10/10 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).