Together with colleagues from different disciplines, including cardiologists, interventional
radiologists and vascular surgeons, committee members of the of the German Society of …

A crossing algorithm was developed for the endovascular treatment of peripheral chronic
total occlusive lesions (CTOs) to educate, guide, and appropriately influence clinical practice …

Background Chronic total occlusion (CTO) remains the most complex anatomical subset of
lesions in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), often requiring advanced techniques …

Abstract Background The Turnpike catheters (Teleflex, Wayne, PA, USA) is a microcatheter
that was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in November 2014 to be used to …

Background The benefit of revascularizing chronically occluded coronary arteries remains
debatable, and available long-term outcome reports are sparse. Current guidelines …

With advancement in technology and development of treatment algorithms, the success of
chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has increased. This …

Background: Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are complete blockages of coronary arteries
observed in roughly one out of every 5 patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) …

Objectives We aimed to assess the advantages of using the retrograde approach as an
initial strategy rather than as a rescue strategy for complex chronic total occlusions (CTOs) …

Background: Chronic total occlusion (CTO) is a prevalent and challenging condition for
interventional cardiologists. Recent advancements in guidewires and microcatheters have …

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is one of the imaging modalities for vascular assessment
and intervention which provides cross‐sectional information of the vessel and area …