The effect of chronically occluded coronary artery recanalisation on baroreflex sensitivity and left ventricular systolic function

Abstract

The improvement in autonomic nervous system activity after successful CTO recanalisation is reflected by an increase in BRS, and the changes are dependent on the baseline value of the measurement: patients with a depressed BRS before recanalisation present a greater BRS improvement than patients with a preserved BRS. The CTO recanalisation leads to the improvement of LVEF in both groups.

Meta‐analysis of the impact of successful chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention on left ventricular systolic function and reverse remodeling

“…Thirty‐four observational studies [including two abstracts ] with a total of 2804 patients met our inclusion criteria . Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) was used to assess LVEF in nine studies while echocardiography was used in 10 studies . Other studies used left ventriculography or nuclear imaging, or did not specify the method used for assessing LVEF .…”

“…Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) was used to assess LVEF in nine studies [14][15][16][17]29,32,33,40,41 while echocardiography was used in 10 studies. 22,24,26,31,36,37,39,[43][44][45] Other studies used left ventriculography 13,20,21,23,25,28,34,35,42,46 or nuclear imaging, 27,38 or did not specify the method used for assessing LVEF. 18,19,30 The…”