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:

How to Tackle Coronary CTOs

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.

Technology | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

January 30, 2019 — XableCath Inc., announced that its XableCath blunt and abrasion tip catheters were cleared by the U.S ...

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Videos | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

Interview with John Messenger, M.D., FACC, FSCAI, director of the cardiac cath labs and director of the cardiovascular ...

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This is a 360 degree photo during a chronic total occlusion (CTO) procedure at the University of Colorado Hospital with ...

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Videos | Cath Lab

This is the newest cardiac cath lab at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. Construction was ...

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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. DAIC staff photo by Dave Fornell
Feature | Cath Lab | Artur Kim, Kamran Zamanian

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a multifaceted disease that demands various approaches in terms of diagnosis and ...

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News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

May 14, 2018 – One-year outcomes of patients undergoing chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention ...

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May 14, 2018 — A significant update to the PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total ...

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An example of Siemens' syngo CTO navigation technology that fuses computed tomogragraphy (CT) imaging with live angiography to help navigate vessel segments that are occluded and not visible on angiography alone.
Feature | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) | Dave Fornell

One of the recent hot topics in interventional cardiology has been how operators can use new tools and techniques to ...

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News | Cardiovascular Clinical Studies

February 1, 2018 –  LimFlow SA, developer of minimally-invasive technology for the treatment of end-stage critical limb ...

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Blog | TCT

Here is a list of what I think were some of the top interventional technologies discussed at the 2017 Transcatheter ...

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News | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

November 2, 2017 — Crossing the occlusion with a guidewire is often the most challenging part of chronic total occlusion ...

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Videos | Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO)

Bill Lombardi, M.D., director of complex coronary artery interventions at the University of Washington, discusses the ...

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Farouc Jaffer, M.D., Ph.D., director of coronary interventions at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the newest ...

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TCT 2017 late-breaking trials and studies that will be presented on the latest cardiology technology clinical trials.
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November 9, 2017 — From numerous high-quality submissions, Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) has selected ...
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News | Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

Aug. 1, 2017 — LimFlow SA announced publication of positive results from the pilot study of the LimFlow Percutaneous ...

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