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Prognostic value of chronic total occlusion complexity scoring systems beyond procedural planning: a comparative analysis of five contemporary scores in patients undergoing chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention

Mehmet K. Teber 1
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Mehmet Z. Aydın 1

  1. Department of Cardiology, Kayseri City Hospital, Kayseri, Turkey

Adv Interv Cardiol

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/aic.2026.164557
Data publikacji online: 2026/09/09
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