Clinical validity of the Japanese below-the-knee chronic total occlusion scoring system for the prediction of successful guidewire crossing

Clinical validity of the Japanese below-the-knee chronic total occlusion scoring system for the prediction of successful guidewire crossing

The J-BTK CTO score and the modified J-BTK CTO score are useful for predicting the success of guidewire passage in below-the-knee (J-BTK) chronic total occlusion (CTO), Dr. Michinao Tan and colleagues, Cardiovascular Center Tokeidai Memorial Hospital, Japan, reported in the online edition of the Journal of Vascular Surgery.

This study aimed to validate the J-BTK CTO score for predicting successful guidewire crossing (S-GC)...
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