Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej

Association of older age with outcomes of retrograde chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions

Sefa Sural 1
,
Vedat Aslan 1
,
Abdullah Yıldırım 2
,
Mahmut Uluganyan 3
,
Gokhan Avci 1
,
Baris Duzel 4
,
Emmanouil S. Brilakis 5
,
Sevket Gorgulu 6

  1. Toros University, Mersin, Türkiye

  2. Department of Cardiology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Türkiye

  3. Department of Cardiology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul, Türkiye

  4. Department of Cardiology, Mersin City Training and Research Hospital, Mersin, Türkiye

  5. Minneapolis Heart Institute and Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, USA

  6. Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Biruni University, Istanbul, Türkiye

Adv Interv Cardiol

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.164735
Data publikacji online: 2026/09/15
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