Journal:
:acta medica iranica
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mohammadhasan namazi department of cardiology, cardiovascular research center, shahid beheshti univercity of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
morteza safi department of cardiology, shahid modarres hospital, tehran, iran.
hosein vakili department of cardiology, shahid modarres hospital, tehran, iran.
habibollah saadat department of cardiology, cardiovascular research center, shahid beheshti univercity of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
saeed alipour department of cardiology, shahid modarres hospital, tehran, iran.
parsa mahjoob department of cardiology, shahid modarres hospital, tehran, iran.
chronic total occlusion (cto) intervention is still a challenging problem. the aim of this study is to determine factors that affect pci results.the study was conducted on 72 patients in two centers. cto angioplasty was done by the antegrade approach from the femoral and/or radial approach. the role of age, gender, anatomical variations such as calcification, length of the lesion, proximal bend...