Cardiac and extracardiac complications during CTO interventions: prevention and management. (June 2010)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Favero, Luca; Penzo, Carlo; Nikas, Dimitrios; Pacchioni, Andrea; Pasquetto, Gianpaolo; Saccà, Salvatore; Reimers, Bernhard
• Is Part Of: Interventional cardiology. Volume 2:Number 3(2010)
• Page Start: 355
• Page End: 367
• Publication Date: 2010-06
• Subjects: chronic total occlusion -- complication -- percutaneous coronary intervention; Cardiology -- Periodicals; Coronary heart disease -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 616.1205
• DOI: 10.2217/ica.10.23
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1755-5310

Abstract

Percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion carries the risk of severe complications that are responsible for a significant morbidity and mortality rate associated with these procedures. Complications may be cardiac, such as acute myocardial infarction and coronary perforation, or extracardiac, such as aortic dissection, contrast-induced nephropathy and radiation skin injuries. The mechanisms, prevention and treatment of complications associated with percutaneous coronary intervention of chronic total occlusion are reviewed in this article.