Supported by

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…

Filtered By
CTO

187 results

Antegrade CTO - The techniques

19 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

This EuroPCR 2022 session, live from the simulation lab, focuses on antegrade CTO techniques, with particular attention to wire escalation techniques and the differences between microcatheters. Follow carefully the demonstrations and diagrams of our experts!

Antegrade CTO - The techniques

CTO interventions outcomes

18 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

Consult this session to discover some CTO interventions outcomes, and learn about the early and long-term prognosis in patients with remaining CTO after revascularisation attempt, the effect of a prescriptive OCT strategy on CTO treatment, the drug-eluting balloons for treatment of CTO, and more!

CTO interventions outcomes

Innovations in simulation-based training, procedural planning, monitoring and robotic PCI

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

In this session, find out more about telemedicine, mixed reality technology in CTO proctoring, new-human grade simulator for ViV procedure planning, distance proctoring for transseptal TMVR, stent positioning assistance system, and robotic PCI.

Innovations in simulation-based training, procedural planning, monitoring and robotic PCI

How to deal with calcified CTO

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

In this dedicated session from EuroPCR 2022, listen to Gabriele Luigi Gasparini talk about procedural challenges and device selection for calcified CTO, while James Spratt looks at how to deal with long, calcified CTO, and Kambis Mashayekhi discusses problems and solutions in calcified CTO.

How to deal with calcified CTO

CTO cases for sharing

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

Watch these videos to discover multiple CTO cases involving complications, and learn various tips and techniques to better face coronary perforation, epicardial collateral rupture, dissection, and much more!

CTO cases for sharing

Challenging coronary case: anatomical complexity on top of a CTO

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

Consult this session to discover a selection of complex coronary cases, such as: CTO of ostial left anterior descending, with affectation of ostial circumflex, left main bifurcation lesion with CTO of LAD, and more!

Challenging coronary case: anatomical complexity on top of a CTO

How to overcome uncrossable CTO

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

Consult this session to learn all about how to overcome uncrossable CTO with outside-the-box approaches, thanks to a selection of interesting cases: ostial in-stent CTO and shockwave, balloon uncrossable CTO lesion after externalisation of retrograde wire, and much more!

How to overcome uncrossable CTO

Selecting CTO strategies - Quo vadis based on angiograms

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

This EuroPCR 2022 case-based session deals with selecting our strategy for CTO PCI based on angiographic analysis, focusing on how the anatomy is going to dictate our interventional strategy.

Selecting CTO strategies - Quo vadis based on angiograms

What's new in CTO PCI - a closer look on indications, anatomy and procedural planning

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022

What's new in CTO PCI

Learning from the most challenging CTO cases

17 May 2022 – From EuroPCR 2022