Initial report of safety and procedure duration of robotic-assisted chronic total occlusion coronary intervention.

Journal: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: No previous reports have examined the impact of robotic-assisted (RA) chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI on procedural duration or safety compared to totally manual CTO PCI.

Authors

  • Taishi Hirai
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Kathleen Kearney
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
  • Akash Kataruka
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
  • Kensey L Gosch
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Hunter Brandt
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
  • William J Nicholson
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania.
  • William L Lombardi
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
  • J Aaron Grantham
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.
  • Adam C Salisbury
    Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, Kansas City, Missouri.