Coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO) is defined as an occluded coronary artery segment without anterograde flow for at least three months. It can be classified as a “true” or “functional” CTO ...

enable the occlusion of a wide range of CAFs, regardless of their origin, termination, or the patient's age and body weight. CAF cases with specific characteristics, such as drainage into the right ...

5 Hospital and Health Care Administration, Chia-Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, Tainan, Taiwan Aim To investigate the risk of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) following retinal artery occlusion ...

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STEMI occurs when a thrombus completely blocks the coronary artery, whereas NSTEMI occurs when a thrombus does not completely block the coronary artery (41). The varying degrees of occlusion may lead ...

In an unselected series of 1050 human hearts the coronary arteries were uniformly injected at necropsy with a standardized radiopaque mass. Interarterial coronary anastomoses were clearly demonstrated ...

However, these advancements have resulted in the treatment of increasingly complex patient populations, including acute coronary syndrome, chronic total occlusion (CTO), calcified coronary disease ...

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