Cardiac magnetic resonance for ischaemia and viability detection. Guiding patient selection to revascularization in coronary chronic total occlusions: The CARISMA_CTO study design

A multi-parameter CMR protocol tailored on pts characteristics to study viability/ischaemia could help in identifying responders in terms of LV function, ischaemic burden and clinical outcome among pts suitable for CTO-PCI, improving selection of best candidates to percutaneous revascularization.