Panagiotis Varelas
Latest contributions
Complication management in CTO PCI - Part 2
22 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session focuses on managing complications during chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI procedures. It presents challenging cases including artery perforations, donor vessel-related procedural difficulties, and intramural hematoma rescue guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Strategies to address in-stent CTO and the unpredictable nature of CTO PCI complications...
Technical decision-making for CTO PCI strategy
22 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session focuses on technical decision-making for chronic total occlusion PCI strategy. It presents diverse approaches to right coronary CTOs, complex management involving double rendezvous techniques, subintimal strategies, and innovative single-injection methods, demonstrating the evolving frontiers in CTO intervention.
Stent failure evaluation with intracoronary imaging
19 May 2026 – From EuroPCR 2026
This session provides an in-depth evaluation of stent failure using intracoronary imaging modalities such as IVUS and OCT. It presents diverse cases illustrating late drug-eluting stent failure, in-stent restenosis, neoatherosclerosis, and complications following rotational atherectomy, underscoring imaging's role in diagnosis and guiding reintervention.
When strange things happen, CTO and complications
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
This session addresses complications and unexpected challenges encountered in chronic total occlusion (CTO) interventions. Learn from cases involving retrieval of stuck wires, coronary perforations, and strategies to manage complex and unusual procedural difficulties.
