Chronic total occlusions--a stiff challenge requiring a major breakthrough: is there light at the end of the tunnel?

Heart. 2005 Jun;91 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):iii42-8. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.058495.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods
  • Chronic Disease
  • Coronary Stenosis / etiology
  • Coronary Stenosis / pathology
  • Coronary Stenosis / therapy*
  • Equipment Design
  • Humans
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonic Therapy / methods
  • Vascular Patency
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy