Infarct‐Related Artery as a Donor of Collaterals in ST‐Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction With Concomitant Chronic Total Occlusion: Challenge of the Double‐Jeopardy Thesis
BACKGROUND In ST‐segment–elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), a concomitant chronic total occlusion (CTO) in a non–infarct‐related artery (NIRA) is associated with adverse outcome. In the case of the infarct‐related artery (IRA) as a donor vessel for collaterals to the CTO, the IRA occlusion may...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.122.028115 |