Percutaneous coronary intervention of totally occluded coronary venous bypass grafts: An exercise in futility?

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World Journal of Cardiology

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World J Cardiol. Sep 26, 2021; 13(9): 493-502
Published online Sep 26, 2021. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v13.i9.493

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Characteristic	n = 35
Men	29 (83%)
Age (mean ± SD)	69 ± 12 yr
Hypertension	33 (94%)
Hyperlipidemia	25 (71%)
Diabetes	14 (40%)
Smoking	14 (40%)
Renal insufficiency	14 (40%)
History of CHF	6 (17%)
Prior MI	20 (57%)
Ejection fraction (mean ± SD)	43% ± 12%
Clinical presentation
STEMI	6 (17%)
NSTEMI	14 (40%)
Unstable angina	14 (40%)
Stable angina	1 (3%)
Canadian heart class
I, II	0
III	7 (20%)
IV	28 (80%)

CHF: Congestive heart failure; MI: Myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: Non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; SD: Standard deviation; STEMI: ST elevation myocardial infarction.

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Citation: Nardone EW, Madsen BM, McCarey MM, Fischman DL, Ruggiero NJ, Walinsky P, Vishnevsky A, Savage MP. Percutaneous coronary intervention of totally occluded coronary venous bypass grafts: An exercise in futility? World J Cardiol 2021; 13(9): 493-502
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4330/wjc.v13.i9.493

Nardone EW, Madsen BM, McCarey MM, Fischman DL, Ruggiero NJ, Walinsky P, Vishnevsky A, Savage MP. Percutaneous coronary intervention of totally occluded coronary venous bypass grafts: An exercise in futility? World J Cardiol 2021; 13(9): 493-502 [PMID: 34621494 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v13.i9.493]

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