Influence of smoking habits on acute outcome of revascularization of chronic total occlusion

• Main Authors: Jan-erik Guelker (Author), Christian Blockhaus (Author), Ruben Jansen (Author), Johannes Stein (Author), Julian Kürvers (Author), Mathias Lehmann (Author), Knut Kröger (Author), Alexander Bufe (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total occlusion (CTO) remains a major challenge in interventional cardiology. The exact toxic components of cigarette smoke and the mechanisms involved in smoking-related cardiovascular dysfunction are largely unknown, but it increases...