Affiliation:
1. Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Minneapolis Minnesota USA
Abstract
Key Points
Placement of drug eluting stents after successful lesion crossing is the current standard of care in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
A drug‐coated balloon only strategy may be feasible in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention, especially with intraplaque crossing.
More studies are needed on when and how to use drug‐coated balloons in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging,General Medicine