Facing challenging CTO scenarios

Session comprising selected EuroPCR 2023 Clinical Case submissions

Facilitators: A. Avran, R. Garbo, R. Sharma

Summary

If you're looking for training in the treatment of chronic total occlusion, explore these diverse cases involving patients of different ages and with a variety of pathologies. Observe the strategies employed in each complex case to gain valuable knowledge and improve your skills in managing these challenging scenarios.

Presentations available when logged in:

  • Open and close
  • How to manage an equipment problem to resolve a retrograde CTO-PCI case
  • A case of CTO of left anterior descending artery with pulmonary artery fistula
  • Entrapped inflated balloon with broken shaft - What works and what doesn't work
  • Bifurcation blunt stump CTO treated with imaging-assisted retrograde techniques
  • Contemporary antegrade dissection re-entry with haematoma aspiration through a dual-lumen microcatheter
  • Break the wire
  • Successful CTO treatment using the "anchor guider technique"