PCI to chronic total occlusion, Liaquat National Hospital experince

ABSTRACT

Background: PCI of chronic total occlusion represents 10%- 20% of all angioplasty procedures and poses a management dilemma for the interventional cardiologist. Percutaneous coronary interventions in chronic total occlusions have been associated with lower success rate. We therefore studied percutaneous interventions in chronic total occlusions done during year 2004 at Liaquat National Hospital Karachi