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Title: | The evolution of the CTO-PCI landscape in Belgium and Luxembourg: a four-year appraisal | Authors: | EERTMANS, Ward Kayaert, Peter Bennett, Johan Ungureanu, Claudiu BATAILLE, Yoann Saad, Georges Haine, Steven Coussement, Patrick Pereira, Bruno Agostoni, Pierfrancesco Janssens, Luc Vandeloo, Bert Marechal, Patrick Cornelis, Kristoff de Hemptinne, Quentin Aminian, Adel Stammen, Francis Carlier, Stephane Timmermans, Patrick Vercauteren, Steven Sonck, Jeroen De Vroey, Frederic Drieghe, Benny McCutcheon, Keir Scott, Benjamin Davin, Laurent Gafari, Chadi DENS, Jo |
Issue Date: | 2021 | Publisher: | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Source: | ACTA CARDIOLOGICA, 76(10), p. 1043-1051 | Abstract: | Background To chart the evolution of the CTO-PCI landscape in Belgium and Luxembourg, the Belgian Working Group on Chronic Total Occlusions (BWGCTO) was established in 2016. Methods Between May 2016 and December 2019, patients undergoing a CTO-PCI treatment were prospectively and consecutively enrolled. Twenty-one centres in Belgium and one in Luxembourg participated. Individual operators had mixed levels of expertise in treating CTO lesions. Demographic, angiographic, procedural parameters and incidence of major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) were systematically registered. Results Over a four-year enrolment period, 1832 procedures were performed in 1733 patients achieving technical success in 1474 cases (80%), with an in-hospital MACCE rate of 2.3%. Fifty-nine (3%) cases were re-attempt procedures of which 41 (69%) were successful. High-volume centres treated more complex lesions (mean J-CTO score: 2.15 +/- 1.21) as compared to intermediate (mean J-CTO score: 1.72 +/- 1.23;p < 0.001) and low-volume centres (mean J-CTO score: 0.99 +/- 1.21;p = 0.002). Despite this, success rates did not differ between centres (p = 0.461). Overall success rates did not differ over time (p = 0.810). High-volume centres progressively tackled more complex CTOs while keeping success rates stable. In all centres, the most applied strategy was antegrade wire escalation (83%). High-volume centres more often successfully applied antegrade dissection and re-entry and retrograde techniques in lesions with higher complexity. Conclusion With variable experience levels, operators treated CTOs with high success and relatively few complications. Although AWE remains the most used technique, it is paramount for operators to be skilled in all contemporary techniques in order to be successful in more complex CTOs. | Notes: | Eertmans, W (corresponding author), Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Dept Cardiol, Schiepse Bos 6, B-3600 Genk, Belgium. ward.eertmans@zol.be |
Other: | Eertmans, W (corresponding author), Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg, Dept Cardiol, Schiepse Bos 6, B-3600 Genk, Belgium. ward.eertmans@zol.be | Keywords: | Coronary total occlusion;percutaneous coronary intervention;in-hospital outcomes | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/32693 | ISSN: | 0001-5385 | e-ISSN: | 1784-973X | DOI: | 10.1080/00015385.2020.1801197 | ISI #: | WOS:000555650800001 | Rights: | 2020 Informa UK Limited. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2021 |
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