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- Title
Drug‐Coated versus Conventional Balloons to Improve Recanalization of a Coronary Chronic Total Occlusion after Failed Attempt: The Improved‐CTO Registry.
- Authors
Amat-Santos, Ignacio J.; Marengo, Giorgio; Ybarra, Luiz F.; Fernández-Diaz, Jose Antonio; Regueiro, Ander; Gutiérrez, Alejandro; Martín-Moreiras, Javier; Sánchez-Luna, Juan Pablo; González-Gutiérrez, Jose Carlos; Fernandez-Cordon, Clara; Carrasco-Moraleja, Manuel; Rinfret, Stéphane; Maekawa, Yuichiro
- Abstract
Background. Chronic total occlusion (CTO) plaque modification (CTO‐PM) is often used for unsuccessful CTO interventions. Methods. A multicenter, prospective study included consecutive patients with failed CTO recanalization. At the end of the failed procedure, patients received either a conventional (CB) or drug‐coated balloon (DCB) for CTO‐PM at the operator's discretion and underwent a new attempt of CTO recanalization ∼3 months later. Results. A total of 55 patients were enrolled (DCB: 22; CB: 33), with a median age of 66 years. The median J‐score was 3, and CCS angina classes III–IV were present in 45% of the patients. After the first CTO‐PCI attempt, no in‐hospital cardiac deaths were registered. The overall rate of in‐hospital myocardial infarction was 3.6%, without significant differences between the DCB and CB groups (4.5% after DCB vs 3.0% after CB, p = 0.999). The success rate of the second CTO‐PCI attempt was 86.8%, with a periprocedural complication rate of 5.7% and with an overall rate of in‐hospital complications of 24.5%, without significant differences between the 2 groups (13.6% in the DCB group vs 32.2% in the CB group, p = 0.195). Compared with CB, in the DCB group, the second CTO‐PCI required a shorter median fluoroscopy time (33 vs 60 min, p < 0.001), a lower contrast volume (170 vs 321 cc, p < 0.001), and a lower radiation dose (1.7 vs 3.3 Gy, p < 0.001). At 1‐year follow‐up, outcomes were comparable between the 2 strategies, target vessel failure occurred in 5.7% and major adverse cardiovascular events in 18.2% (13.6% in the DCB group vs 21.2% in the CB group, p = 0.494). Conclusions. PM after CTO recanalization failure is safe and warrants high success rates when a second attempt is performed. A DCB strategy for CTO‐PM does not seem to ensure higher success or better clinical outcomes, but its use was associated with simpler staged procedures. This trial is registered with NCT05158686.
- Publication
Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2024, Vol 2024, p1
- ISSN
0896-4327
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/2024/2797561