Sentences with phrase «total occlusion»
CTA, computed tomography angiography; CTO, chronic total occlusion; RCA, right coronary artery.
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Consequently, there is substantial interest in using novel imaging methods for preprocedural characterization of chronic total occlusion.
Chronic total occlusion, a complete blockage of the coronary artery, sometimes referred to as the «final frontier in interventional cardiology,» represents a major challenge for catheter - based percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).