CT angiography boosts PCI success in chronic total occlusion: trial

Preprocedural CCTA guided percutaneous coronary intervention is more effective than non-guided, say South Korean researchers
Reuters Health
CCTA image of coronary artery with total occlusion
Photo: BMJ, 2010

The success rate of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion is improved by performing coronary CT angiography (CCTA) beforehand, trial South Korean results show.

The Korean CCTA-CTO study assessed the value of preprocedural CCTA on the success rate of PCI for chronic total occlusion in 400 patients.