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CTO after CABG: complex but feasible
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Overcome the complexities of chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with this session highlighting real-world challenging cases. Topics include retrograde recanalization via bypass grafts, management of regretted stents, post-CABG intervention challenges, and advanced techniques such as plaque/flap lift-and-shift to optimize procedural...
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.
Life threatening complications in CTO PCI
23 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Focus on life-threatening complications during CTO PCI with topics including rotational atherectomy challenges, interventricular septal puncture, surgical retrieval of fractured guidewires, and image-guided strategies for managing multivessel CTO complications, enhancing procedural safety.
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.
Beyond the intervention: outcomes of CTO PCI
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Discover long-term outcomes and practical insights into chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI. This session presents real-world registry data, cost-effectiveness analyses, effects of successful revascularisation in reduced ejection fraction and heart failure patients, and specific outcomes in octogenarian populations.
CTO beyond the conventional: when new strategies come to the rescue
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Delve into advanced strategies for chronic total occlusion (CTO) beyond conventional methods. This session covers step-by-step re-entry techniques with electrified guidewires, approaches to CTO in small vessels, and indications and methods for occlusion of saphenous vein grafts, illustrated by detailed case discussions and key learnings.
Atherectomy for CTO-PCI
22 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore atherectomy applications in CTO-PCI with cases demonstrating reverse cart technique, orbital atherectomy in heavily calcified occlusions, and management of atherectomy-induced coronary dissection. Gain practical insights into navigating complex CTO lesions with atherectomy support.
Optimising CTO outcomes by lesion selection
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Optimize chronic total occlusion (CTO) PCI outcomes through lesion selection strategies. This session reviews coronary calcium patterns via CT, target vessel considerations, distal vessel remodeling, imaging-guided versus conventional approaches, and complex lesion cases.
Unconventional situations and complications during cardiovascular interventions
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Explore this session to gain expert tips and practical strategies for managing unexpected complications during cardiovascular interventions. Learn how to anticipate and avoid complications in conventional procedures and discover different approaches to tackle challenging situations in the cathlab through detailed case discussions involving PCI, TAVI, and...
Strategies in treating double CTO scenarios
21 May 2025 – From EuroPCR 2025
Navigate complex double chronic total occlusion (CTO) scenarios with this session that emphasizes thorough lesion qualification and innovative techniques. Learn strategies including management of ambiguous proximal caps, sequential vessel revascularization, and advanced tools like snaring and deflection to optimize procedural success.
