About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to compare long term efficacy of drug-eluting stent implantation compare to optimal medical treatment in patient with chronic total occlusion in a very long-term follow-up (minimum 10 years) period.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Clinical 1) Patients with angina or silent ischemia and documented ischemia 2) Patients who are eligible for intracoronary stenting 3) Age >18 years
Angiographic 1) De novo lesion Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) 2) Reference vessel size ≥ 2.5 mm by visual estimation 3) At least one CTO lesions located in proximal or mid epicardial coronary artery.
CTO definition: TIMI (Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction) flow 0 or 1 with estimated duration over 3 months
The duration of the occlusion was determined by the interval from the last episode of acute coronary syndrome, or
Disqualifiers
History of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy
Pregnant state
Three vessel CTOs
Known hypersensitivity or contra-indication to contrast agent and heparin
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed
Trial groups
Locations
19Sponsors and collaborators
Seung-Jung Park
Lead sponsor
Asan Medical Center
Sponsor institution