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SUBMITTER: Safley DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4277434 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 20131219 4
<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to compare quality of life benefits of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusions (CTO) with non-CTO PCI.<h4>Background</h4>Data quantifying the benefits of PCI of CTO are inconsistent.<h4>Methods</h4>We leveraged a 10-center prospective PCI registry including Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ) assessment at the time of PCI and in follow-up. We propensity matched attempted CTO PCIs with up to 10 non-CTO PCIs. The primary analysis compared ch ...[more]