Impact of baseline anemia on outcomes following chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention
Pre-procedural anemia is associated with markedly worse in-hospital and long-term outcomes in patients undergoing CTO PCI, despite comparable technical success. These findings highlight anemia as a marker of systemic vulnerability and underscore the need for comprehensive risk stratification and multidisciplinary care in this high-risk population.
Authors
- Gal Sella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0383-6471)
- Jerrin Philip
- Chloé Kharsa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2680-7047)
- Neal S. Kleiman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4334-8133)
- Yasser Sammour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2025-6447)
- Rody Bou Chaaya
- Alpesh Shah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8600-6352)
- Muhammad H Virk
- Muhammad Haisum Maqsood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3907-4448)
- Mangesh Kritya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5508-5107)
Institutions
- Houston Methodist (US)
- Methodist Hospital (US)
- Woodlands Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Heart Journal Plus Cardiology Research and Practice
- Published
- 2025-12-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahjo.2025.100708
- Primary Topic
- Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00