Heinz Joachim Buettner
Latest contributions
CTO PCI evolution: unlocking new approaches
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Unlock new approaches in chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI with this session highlighting advanced techniques such as tip-in methods when microcatheters fail, support maximization strategies, rotational direction considerations during CTO, and timing of PCI in ACS patients with non-infarct related CTOs.
Through decisions in complex left main PCI - Isolated ostial left circumflex
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Navigate complex isolated ostial left circumflex lesions with a focus on the integration of imaging and physiological assessment. Learn treatment options and optimisation strategies to improve long-term outcomes in left main PCI through detailed case presentations and expert guidance.
How to avoid and manage complications in CTO interventions
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Learn how to anticipate, prevent, and manage complications during complex CTO interventions. This session presents real-world cases including donor artery dissection, main and distal vessel perforations, and the importance of teamwork in the cath lab for successful complication management.
CTO procedures: the antegrade approach - Session with LIVE case
Watch this session to learn step by step how to treat and manage patients with chronic total occlusion with a LIVE case from the University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, Germany.
Access part 2 of the session: CTO procedures - the retrograde approach
This session was originally...
CTO procedures: the retrograde approach - Session with LIVE case
26 Jun 2020 – From PCR e-Course 2020
Watch this session to learn step by step techniques to treat and manage patients with chronic total occlusion, with a LIVE case from the University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, Germany.
Access part 1 of the session: CTO procedures - the antegrade approach
This session was originally...
Chronic total occlusion (CTO) track at EuroPCR 2019
Heinz Joachim Büttner (Germany) shares his experience as a chronic total occlusion (CTO) operator with Francesco Della Rosa (Italy) as they discuss why there has been so much focus on chronic total occlusion interventions at EuroPCR 2019. After reviewing the various sessions, Dr Büttner explains the...
Rotational atherectomy for the treatment of calcified CTO
24 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session on calcified CTO to learn all about rotational atherectomy treatment strategy to ensure a successful recanalisation in complex clinical cases.
LIVE demonstration from St-Johannes Hospital - Dortmund, Germany: Antegrade CTO PCI
22 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover the slides of this antegrade CTO PCI case, transmitted live during EuroPCR 2019: you will find out about the patient presentation and key clinical datas.
PCI of resistant vessels - how to survive
21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session on PCI of resistant vessels to learn all about tools and techniques for overcoming the challenges of resistant coronary vessels and lesions, along with the basic steps for performing a CTO PCI.
