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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An image is worth a 1,000 words

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

An image is worth a 1,000 words

Hemodynamic support during CTO PCI: to use it or not?

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session features selected EuroPCR 2024 Clinical Case submissions focused on the use of hemodynamic support devices during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) for chronic total occlusions (CTO). Experts will present and discuss challenging cases where the use of devices like the Impella pump or pulsatile left...

Hemodynamic support during CTO PCI: to use it or not?

Complex scenarios beyond complex interventions, time to take multiple factors into account

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

Complex scenarios beyond complex interventions, time to take multiple factors into account

PCR's Got Talent - Round 2 - Session 2

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session features a selected abstract submission from EuroPCR 2024 on plaque characterization, outcomes, and predictors of recurrent events in stent failure, as studied using optical coherence tomography (OCT).

PCR's Got Talent - Round 2 - Session 2

Innovations and novel strategies in CTO PCI

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session showcases innovative and novel strategies for the percutaneous treatment of chronic total occlusions (CTO) in the coronary arteries. Attendees will learn about techniques such as subintimal rotational ablation with retrograde guidance, external calcium modification, and the use of intravascular lithotripsy to optimize stenting in...

Innovations and novel strategies in CTO PCI

The big challenge: CTO post-CABG

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

The big challenge: CTO post-CABG

NSTEMI in patients in post CABG: a challenging combination

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session focuses on the management of non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) in patients who have previously undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Attendees will explore various case presentations and discussions on the challenges and treatment strategies for this complex clinical scenario, including the use of intravascular...

NSTEMI in patients in post CABG: a challenging combination

Stentless PCI

15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session explores various stentless percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) strategies, including drug-coated balloon (DCB)-only PCI for chronic total occlusions and de-novo coronary lesions, as well as the use of magnesium resorbable scaffolds. Attendees will learn about the rationale, techniques, and outcomes of these "leave nothing behind"...

Stentless PCI

CTO PCI: what a surprise!

14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session, comprising selected EuroPCR 2024 Clinical Case submissions, explores various challenging and unexpected scenarios encountered during CTO PCI procedures. It includes case presentations and discussions on guide wire entrapment and removal, subintimal wiring, revitalizing hope in a low ejection fraction patient, physiologic and hemodynamic considerations...

CTO PCI: what a surprise!

PCR's Got Talent - Round 1 - Session 1

14 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024

This session, comprising selected EuroPCR 2024 Abstract submissions, showcases a variety of research topics in the field of interventional cardiology. It includes presentations and discussions on sex differences in outcomes of percutaneous thrombectomy for pulmonary embolism, the validation of the MIRACLE2 score in OHCA patients, the...

PCR's Got Talent - Round 1 - Session 1