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Aug 11, 2023 This Week in Cardiology Podcast

This Week in Cardiology

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The Complex Decision to Open a CTO

In cardiology there are basically two reasons to do things, better outcomes and better quality of life. The CTO PCI is a really complex decision. Short term harms approach up to 3% in some of these complications such as coronary perforation. There are also long term harms such as bleeding from dual antiplatelet therapy and stentrombosis. If I were commissioner of health, there would be reimbursement for this procedure only if the patient was randomized in a trial.

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