Athanasios Rempakos, Spyridon Kostantinis, Bahadir Simsek, Judit Karacsonyi, Michaella Alexandrou, James W Choi, Paul Poommipanit, Jaikirshan J Khatri, Laura Young, Rhian Davies, Stewart Benton, Farouc A Jaffer, Raj Chandwaney, Lorenzo Azzalini, Khaldoon Alaswad, Brian Jefferson, Jarrod Frizzell, Nidal Abi-Rafeh, Ahmed Elguindy, Omer Goktekin, Bavana V Rangan, Olga C Mastrodemos, Salman S Allana, Yader Sandoval, Nicholas M Burke, Emmanouil S Brilakis, Sevket Gorgulu
BACKGROUND: The impact of preprocedural anemia on the outcomes of chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has received limited study. METHODS: We examined the clinical and angiographic characteristics and procedural outcomes of 8633 CTO PCIs performed at 39 US and non-US centers between 2012 and 2023. Anemia was defined as a hemoglobin level of <13 g/dL in men and <12 g/dL in women. RESULTS: Anemia was present in 1652 (19%) patients undergoing CTO PCI...
September 8, 2023: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions