scholarly journals Ventricular fibrillation storm after revascularization of chronic total occlusion of the left anterior descending artery: is this reperfusion arrhythmia?

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 030006052199761
Author(s):  
Xingji Liu ◽  
Binay Kumar Adhikari ◽  
Tianlong Chen ◽  
Yonggang Wang ◽  
Quan Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽  
Ventricular Fibrillation ◽  
Collateral Circulation ◽  
Chronic Total Occlusion ◽  
Coronary Intervention ◽  
Electrical Storm ◽  
Total Occlusion ◽  
Reperfusion Arrhythmia ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary ◽  
Life Threatening

Electrical storm is a life-threatening emergency condition defined as three or more episodes of ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation (VF) within 24 hours requiring anti-tachycardia therapy, electrical cardioversion, or defibrillation. However, studies of the incidence of electrical storm after chronic total occlusion-percutaneous coronary intervention (CTO-PCI) are limited, 7 and post-procedural VF after revascularization of CTO has not been described. The purpose of this article was to present a case of post-operative VF electrical storm after revascularization of CTO of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery to determine whether the electrical storm was caused by reperfusion arrhythmia or compromise of either branch vessels or the collateral circulation during intervention.

scholarly journals Late survival benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention compared with medical therapy in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion: a 10-year follow-up study

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
T.K Park ◽  
S.H Choi ◽  
J.M Lee ◽  
J.H Yang ◽  
Y.B Song ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽  
Propensity Score ◽  
Propensity Score Matching ◽  
Treatment Strategy ◽  
Initial Treatment ◽  
Cardiac Death ◽  
Chronic Total Occlusion ◽  
Coronary Intervention ◽  
Total Occlusion ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary

Abstract Background As an initial treatment strategy, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for coronary chronic total occlusion (CTO) did not show mid-term survival benefits compared with optimal medical therapy (OMT). Purpose To compare 10-year clinical outcomes between OMT and PCI in CTO patients. Methods Between March 2003 and February 2012, 2,024 patients with CTO were enrolled in a single center registry and followed for about 10 years. We excluded CTO patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, and classified patients into the OMT group (n=664) or PCI group (n=883) according to initial treatment strategy. Propensity-score matching was performed to minimize potential selection bias. The primary outcome was cardiac death. Results In the PCI group, 699 patients (79.2%) underwent successful revascularization. Clinical and angiographic characteristics revealed more comorbidities and more complex lesions in the OMT group than in the PCI group. At 10 years, the PCI group had lower risks of cardiac death (10.4% versus 22.3%; HR 0.43; 95% CI 0.32 to 0.57; p<0.001) than the OMT group. After the propensity-score matching analyses, the PCI group had lower risks of cardiac death (13.6% versus 20.8%; HR 0.62; 95% CI 0.44 to 0.88; p=0.007), acute myocardial infarction (6.3% versus 11.2%; HR 0.55; 95% CI 0.34 to 0.91; p=0.02), any revascularization (23.9% versus 32.2%; HR 0.67; 95% CI 0.51 to 0.88; p=0.004) than the OMT group. The beneficial effects of CTO PCI were consistent across various subgroups (all p-values for interaction: non-significant). Conclusions As an initial treatment strategy, PCI reduced late cardiac death compared with OMT in CTO patients. Cardiac death in matched population Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: None

scholarly journals Antegrade Approach of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Raghu ◽  
Rahul K. Ghogre ◽  
Alekhya Mandepudi
Keyword(s):  
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention ◽  
Coronary Angiography ◽  
Chronic Total Occlusion ◽  
Bypass Surgery ◽  
Coronary Intervention ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Total Occlusion ◽  
Antegrade Approach ◽  
Percutaneous Coronary ◽  
Coronary Lesions

AbstractChronic total occlusion (CTO) is a common challenge accounting for 10% of coronary lesions found on coronary angiography. Patients are frequently referred for bypass surgery because percutaneous coronary intervention is challenging in this subset. Recent advances in the hardware as well as the technical expertise and an algorithm approach have improved the success to more than 90%.Antegrade approach is the cornerstone for managing CTO and has two distinct strategies: antegrade wire escalation, and antegrade dissection and reentry strategy. Step-wise approach to perform these procedures and the use of adjunct imaging are discussed.

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