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How to predict success in CTO : The Japanese CTO score sheet !

February 28, 2013 by dr s venkatesan

Japanese are the pioneers in CTO reopening .(I understand they do less CABG surgeries for religious reasons ) CTO is the ultimate test for cardiologist patience . it may take hours to open up a CTO (or even to abandon it .) Here is a success prediction tool from Japan .

j cto score sheet

Source courtesy : JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions Volume 4, Issue 2, February 2011

Reference

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S193687981000912X

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