Coronary chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are frequently identified during coronary
angiography and remain the most challenging lesion group to treat. Patients with CTOs are …

The EuroCTO club was established in December 2006. In 2007 it published its first
consensus document on the recanalisation of Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs), aiming to …

Aims: This study sought to compare angiographic endpoints at one-year follow-up after a
drug-eluting stent implantation guided by either intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) or …

: Percutaneous treatment of coronary chronic total occlusions (CTO) has advanced greatly
since its advent in the late 1970s through the development of dedicated wires and …

Subintimal dissection/reentry techniques are increasingly being used for crossing coronary
chronic total occlusions both antegradely (using a knucle wire or the Bridgepoint system) or …

Aims The aim of our study was to investigate chronic total occlusion (CTO) in human
coronary arteries to clarify the difference between CTO with prior coronary artery bypass …

Currently, successful treatment of chronic total occlusion (CTO) seems markedly improved,
due to several new techniques and dedicated device developments. However, this improved …

Chronic total occlusion recanalization still represents the final frontier in percutaneous
coronary intervention. Retrograde chronic total occlusion recanalization has recently …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) provides valuable information on the coronary vascular
lumen and wall and has been an important tool in the cardiac catheterization laboratory for …

The retrograde approach has revolutionized the treatment of chronic total occlusions.
Several retrograde techniques have recently been described. In this article, we present a …