The Official Journal of EuroPCR and the European Association of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (EAPCI)
Coronary interventions
The collateral circulation of coronary chronic total occlusions
EuroIntervention 2016;11:e1596-e1603 published online e-edition April 2016. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV11I14A310
Margaret B. McEntegart1*, MBChB, PhD; Athar A. Badar1, MBChB; Faheem A. Ahmad1, MBChB; Aadil Shaukat1, MBChB; Michael MacPherson2, MBChB; John Irving3, MBChB, MD; Julian Strange4, MBChB, MD; Alan J. Bagnall5,6, MBChB, PhD; Colm G. Hanratty7, MBChB, MD; Simon J. Walsh7, MBChB, MD; Gerald S. Werner8, MD; James C. Spratt1,2,9, MBChB, MD
1. Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom; 2. Department of Cardiology, Forth Valley Royal Hospital, Larbert, United Kingdom; 3. Department of Cardiology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, United Kingdom; 4. Department of Cardiology, Bristol
Aims: Despite advances in understanding the physiological role of collaterals in coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs), collateral anatomy remains poorly defined. Our aim was to define