Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions
Volume 100, Issue 6 pp. 1019-1020
COMMENTARY

“Does gender equality also apply to chronic total occlusion management?”

Carlo Di Mario MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, FRCP, 

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Carlo Di Mario MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, FRCP

Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Interventional Structural Cardiology, University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy

Correspondence: Carlo Di Mario, MD, PhD, FESC, FACC, FSCAI, FRCP, Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Structural Interventional Cardiology, Careggi University Hospital, Clinica Medica, Room 124, Largo Brambilla 3, Florence 50134, Italy.

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Francesca Maria Di Muro MD, 

Francesca Maria Di Muro MD

Department of Clinical & Experimental Medicine, Interventional Structural Cardiology, University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy

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First published: 29 November 2022
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccd.30489

Expert Article Analysis for: Gender differences in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions: Insights from the PROGRESS-CTO registry

Key Points

  • Women are less frequently referred to CTO recanalizations according to their ambiguous presentation

  • Gender has a great impact on technical procedural success and also on procedural complication rate

  • It is important to adopt tricks to avoid the most common complications in women such as cardiac tamponade, access problems, and contrast nephropathy

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

C. Di Mario has received research or educational grants from Abbott, Amgen, Asahi Inteec., AstraZeneca, Boston Scientific, Cardinal Health, CSL Behring, Chiesi, Daiichi Sankyo, Edwards, Medtronic, Menarini, Pfizer, Sanofi, Shockwave, Teleflex, and Volcano/Philips. The remaining author declares no conflict of interst.

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