Research Article

Contemporary Strategies and Outcomes of Dedicated Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Programs: A Prospective Multicentre Registry

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Temporal trends in the complications. (a) Stable rates of in-hospital major complications and MACE (cardiovascular death, stroke, and periprocedural MI) (p value for trend 0.330 and 0.404, respectively). (b) A significant temporal increase in the rate of coronary procedure-related myocardial injury (p value for trend <0.001), without an increase in periprocedural MI (p value for trend 0.310). MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events; MI, myocardial infarction; URL, upper reference limit.
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