Assessment of percutaneous coronary intervention on regional and global left ventricular function in patients with chronic total occlusions

Ermis C., Boz A., Tholakanahalli V., Yalcinkaya S., Semiz E., Sancaktar O., ...More

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, vol.21, no.3, pp.275-280, 2005 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 21 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2005
  • Journal Name: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.275-280
  • Keywords: chronic total occlusion, percutaneous coronary intervention, ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, EJECTION FRACTION, ARTERY OCCLUSION, WALL-MOTION, ANGIOPLASTY, RESTENOSIS, REVASCULARIZATION, THALLIUM, TERM, RECANALIZATION
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The improvement of regional and global ventricular function following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with reperfusion of the artery supplying the infarct area in acute myocardial infarction is well-described. However, little is known of the potential effects of late recanalization of chronic coronary artery occlusion on left ventricular function.