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CTO (Chronic total occlusion)

Find all the latest content on chronic total occlusion (CTO) published on this website.

Recently we have seen an increase in successful percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of CTO in part due to improvements in hardware (guidewires and balloons), the introduction of dedicated devices (microcatheters, channel dilators, dissection-reentry devices) and the elaboration of CTO-specific techniques. To fully grasp CTO today, here you will find here everything that you need to know including the latest devices and techniques as well as advances in imaging, the use of adjunctive pharmacotherapy, vascular access or understanding bleeding risks…

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Innovations for the treatment of complex coronary artery lesions from LATAM

21 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019

Consult this session on innovations for the treatment of complex coronary artery lesions from Latina America, and learn more about how telemedicine, pre-hospital networking, ambulance communication and procedural refinement impact the results of primary PCI in STEMI patients, how practice and experience influence the results of...

Innovations for the treatment of complex coronary artery lesions from LATAM

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.

PCI of resistant vessels - how to survive

Sticky problems, new solutions

20 May 2019 – From PCR Innovators Day 2019

Consult this session on "Sticky problems, new solutions" to discover the studies and tools developed by Cavis Technologies, Wirecath, CorFlow Therapeutics, Procyrion and GENOSS, and learn more about how to "unstick" from the problems you usually encounter during your practice.

Sticky problems, new

Spring coil fracture of coated double core hard wire during CTO Angioplasty

07 Nov 2018

Read about this complication case of the breaking of radiopaque spring coil during PCI on a 62-year-old diabetic and hypertensive male.

Author

Amarpal Gulati
Spring coil fracture of coated double core hard wire during CTO Angioplasty

Two guidewire detachments and accidental aneurysm formation in patient with right coronary CTO

23 Nov 2018

Consult this case on complications during a chronic total occlusion procedure using the antegrade approach…

Author

Ertugrul Ercan
Two guidewire detachments and accidental aneurysm formation in patient with right coronary CTO