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Outcomes of PCI for CTO in Dialysis Patients: Insights From the Japanese CTO-PCI Expert Registry

The Japanese CTO-PCI Expert Registry demonstrated that among patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO), those receiving dialysis had a lower technical success rate and a higher incidence of access-site complications compared with non-dialysis patients, while the risk of MACCE did not differ between the groups, Dr. Mayu Sakuma and colleagues, The Cardiovascular Institute, Japan, reported in the August 1 issue of Catheterization & Cardiovascular Interventions.

The researchers analyzed 11,664 patients who underwent CTO-PCI and were enrolled in the Japanese CTO...

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