Research Article

The Clinical Effects of Intravascular Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Chronic Total Occlusion: A Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Angiographic and procedural characteristics.

StudyIG/AGSecond-generation DES, %CTO vessel, %Successful strategy, %Number of stents, nBilateral injection, %
LADLCXRCAAWEADRRA

Kalogeropoulos et al. [16]IG10025.37.167.660.49.330.22.4(2.0–3.0)94.0
AG10028.09.362.669.29.920.93.0(2.0–3.0)90.1

Vemmou et al. [17]IGNR32.816.749.353.517.428.82.0(2.0–3.0)78.1
AG23.520.554.857.119.821.42.0(1.0–3.0)75.5

Kim et al. [18]IG10041.814.443.893.07.01.7 ± 0.850.2
AG10046.815.937.390.59.51.6 ± 0.745.8

Tian et al. [19]IG2844.320.934.889.610.41.6 ± 0.980.9
AG2036.514.846.180.919.11.5 ± 0.889.6

Hong et al. [20]IG100441640NR1.71 ± 0.77NR
AG1003425411.41 ± 0.69

IG, intravascular ultrasound-guided group; AG, angiography-guided group; DES, drug-eluting stent; CTO, chronic total occlusion; LAD, left anterior descending artery; LCX, left circumflex coronary artery; RCA, right coronary artery; AWE, antegrade wire escalation; ADR, antegrade dissection reentry; RA, retrograde approach; NR, not reported. Values are presented as mean ± SD or interquartile range.