EuroIntervention 2020
CASTLE score vs J-CTO score for the prediction of technical success in CTO percutaneous revascularisation
Andreas Kalogeropoulos MD, PhD, MRCP
Consultant Interventional Cardiologist
Deputy Director
Department of Cardiology, “MITERA” General Hospital
PLENARY SESSION – Wrap up of live cases, awards to the winners of the best abstracts and case competitions and take home messages
PLENARY SESSION
Wrap up of live cases, awards to the winners of the best abstracts and case competitions and take home messages
Auditorium Zubin Mehta – Saturday 16:00 – 17:00
Speakers:
Daniela Benedetto (Rome),
Francesco Burzotta (Rome),
Carlo Di Mario (Florence),
Roberto Garbo (Turin)…
The authors developed a global chronic total occlusion crossing algorithm following 10 steps: 1) dual angiography; 2) careful angiographic review focusing on proximal cap morphology, occlusion segment, distal vessel quality, and collateral circulation; 3) approaching proximal cap ambiguity using intravascular ultrasoun…
Author
MIHAJLO KOVACIC
Interventional Cardiologist/Cardiologist,
EuroCTO club Candidate member
Internal Medicine Specialist
Head of Interventional Cardiology dept.
County hospital Cakovec
Croatia
Self-published by
MIHAJLO KOVACIC
Vadalà G, Galassi AR, Werner GS, Sianos G, Boudou N, Garbo R, Maniscalco L, Bufe A, Avran A, Gasparini GL, La Scala E, Ladwiniec A, Saghatelyan M, Goktekin O, Gorgulu S, Reifart N, Agostoni P, Rathore S, Ayoub M, Behnes M, Atmowihardjo I, Iannaccone
Abstract
Background: Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTO) have reached high procedural success rates thanks to dedicated equipment, evolving techniques, and worldwide adoption of state-of-the-art crossing algorithms.
Aims: We report the contem…
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