José R Delgado-Arana, José R Rumoroso, Ander Regueiro, Javier Martín-Moreiras, Gema Miñana, Mohsen Mohandes, Manuel Pan, Pablo Salinas, Juan Caballero-Borrego, José A Fernández-Díaz, Alfonso Jurado-Román, Javier Lacunza, Beatriz Vaquerizo, Fernando Rivero, José Abellán-Huerta, Juan Rondán, Antonio Gómez Menchero, Sandra Santos-Martínez, Asier Subinas, Víctor Arévalos, Alejandro Diego Nieto, Juan Sanchis, Sergio Rojas, Soledad Ojeda, Nieves Gonzalo, Manuel López-Pérez, Javier Goicolea, Mario Sádaba, Itziar Gómez-Salvador, Manel Sabaté, Jean Carlos Núñez García, Ignacio J Amat-Santos
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Severe calcification is present in> 50% of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) undergoing percutaneous intervention. We aimed to describe the contemporary use and outcomes of plaque modification devices (PMDs) in this context. METHODS: Patients were included in the prospective, consecutive Iberian CTO registry (32 centers in Spain and Portugal), from 2015 to 2020. Comparison was performed according to the use of PMDs. RESULTS: Among 2235 patients, wire crossing was achieved in 1900 patients and PMDs were used in 134 patients (7%), requiring more than 1 PMD in 24 patients (1%)...
March 2022: Revista Española de Cardiología