TCTAP A-066 Stabbing Wire Technique as a Novel Conventional Initial Strategy for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention of Chronic Total Occlusion

The number of guide wires, balloon angioplasty catheters, and stents that we use is typically greater than what we commonly used for a non-CTO PCI procedure. The results of the current study revealed that stabbing wire technique as conventional initial strategy offered higher success rate of ante-grate CTO recanalization and revascularization compared to the other wire techniques strategies. Comparing the success rates of ante grate revascularization in both study groups, Stabbing wire technique as a conventional initial strategy had a significant higher success outcome with significant (p-value 0.01). Comparing the time consumption needed for CTO PCI in both study groups, stabbing wire technique as a conventional initial strategy had a significant lower time consumption with significant (p-value 0.02). Because CTO PCI became relatively common and carries a lot more challenges and complications, it is imperative for patients with CTO to be identified in clinical trials.