Guidewire engineering has become more advanced over the past decade as interventional cardiologists have advanced their trade to tackle much more complex lesions, including ...
Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)
This channel includes news and new technology innovations for chronic total occlusions (CTOs). This includes both coronary and peripheral CTOs. CTOs are complete occlusions of arteries due to atherosclerosis plaque build up along the wall of the artery. CTOs have traditionally been treated with bypass surgery, but with the advent of better catheter and imaging technologies, minimally invasive interventional catheter-based techniques are now often used to reopen the blocked artery to avoid surgery, or if the patient is too sick for surgery. Here are some key pieces of CTO content in this channel:
VIDEO: New Technology to Treat Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs), an interview with Farouc Jaffer, M.D., Ph.D.
When to Consider Revascularization of Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions
VIDEO: Treating Chronic Total Occlusions, an interview with Bill Lombardi, M.D.
VIDEO: The Evolution of Complex PCI at University of Colorado — Interview with John Messenger, M.D., and Kevin Rogers, M.D.
VIDEO: How to Treat CTOs and Complex PCI Cases — Interview with Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D.
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Interview with John Messenger, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of the cardiac cath labs and director of the...
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This is a 360 degree photo during a chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedure at the University of Colorado Hospital with doctors John Messenger and Kevin Rodgers. They were clearing a blocked...
There are always a lot of guidewires used in CTO cases, but they all look the same so it can be confusing as to which is which as they are exchanged out and are all set on the same table. John Messenger, M.D., at the University of Colorado, likes to write the name of each wire on a towel and put the towel on top to keep them straight for himself and staff in the room. Photo by Dave Fornell.
Feature | Guidewires | August 02, 2019 | Dave Fornell, Editor
Guidewire engineering has become more advanced over the past decade as interventional cardiologists have advanced...
A MitraClip case underway at the University of Colorado Hospital hybrid cath lab. Left to right are doctors John Carroll, Edward Gill and Dominik Wiktor.
Blog | University of Colorado Hospital | May 20, 2019
In late December 2018, I had the opportunity to conduct an onsite visit to the...
Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D., clearing a chronic total occlusion (CTO) in the cath lab at Henry Ford Hospital.
Podcast | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | May 03, 2019
A discussion with ...
Technology | April 03, 2019
April 3, 2019 — Medtronic's Resolute Integrity Zotarolimus-eluting Coronary Stent System received an additional U.S...
Technology | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019 — XableCath Inc., announced that its XableCath blunt and abrasion tip catheters were cleared by the...
360 Photos | 360 View Photos | January 03, 2019
This is a 360 degree photo during a chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedure at the University of Colorado Hospital...
A complex PCI case to revascularize a chronic total occlusion (CTO) at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Complex PCI and CHIP cases are increasing patient volumes in the cath lab and using a minimally invasive approach in patients who otherwise would have been sent for CABG. Pictured is Khaldoon Alaswad, M.D. (right) who is proctoring a fellow in treating CTOs.
Feature | Cath Lab | September 13, 2018 | Artur Kim, Kamran Zamanian
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a multifaceted disease that demands various approaches in terms of diagnosis and...
The Medtronic Endeavor drug-eluting stent was used in the PERSPECTIVE trial to test its durability in chronic total occlusions (CTOs).
News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 – One-year outcomes of patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary...
News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018 — A significant update to the PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total...
An example of Siemens' syngo CTO navigation technology that fuses computed tomogragraphy (CT) imaging with live angiography to help navigate chronic total occlusion vessel segments that are occluded and not visible on angiography alone.
Feature | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | February 20, 2018 | Dave Fornell
One of the recent hot topics in interventional cardiology has been how operators can use new tools and techniques to...
News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies | February 01, 2018
February 1, 2018 – LimFlow SA, developer of minimally-...
