Research Article

Intravascular Lithotripsy for Calcium Modification in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Table 1

Patient demographics and CTO characteristics.

N = 55

Age (years)(mean)70.2
Gender (F/M)(7/48)
Clinical presentation
 Stable angina43 (78%)
 Acute coronary syndrome11 (20%)
 Asymptomatic ischemia2 (3.6%)
Prior CABG20 (36%)
Prior PCI34 (61.8%)
Hypertension36 (65.5%)
Hypercholesterolemia39 (70.1%)
Diabetes20 (36%)
eGFR (mean)69
Smoking24 (43.6%)
LVEF (%)50%
Target vessel
 LAD16 (29%)
 RCA33 (60%)
 CX7 (13%)
 LMS1 (2%)
 >1 vessel treated2 (3.5%)
CTO characteristics
 Calcification55 (100%)
 Ambiguous proximal cap21 (38%)
 Length >20 mm35 (63.6%)
 Tortuosity24 (43.6%)
 Ambiguous distal cap26 (47.3%)
 Instent occlusion8 (14.5%)
 Reattempt11 (20%)
 Modification procedure at 1st attempt5 (9.1%)
J-CTO score (0–5)(mean)3.1

[CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; eGFR = estimated glomerular filtration rate; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction; LAD = left anterior descending artery; RCA = right coronary artery; CX = circumflex artery; LMS = left main stem; J-CTO = Japanese-CTO score].