Decoding CTO (Chronic Total Occlusion)

Sharath Reddy MD DM FSCAI FACC FAHA FESC Senior Interventional Cardiologist and Director of CTO and Complex Coronary Interventions, TAVR and Structural Heart Diseases, and CATH Lab, Medicover Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, IndiaHimanshu Gupta M

• Case 1. Post-CABG Right Coronary Artery CTO: Antegrade ApproachCase 2. Successful Retrograde PCI after Antegrade FailureCase 3. Collateral Uncrossability with MicrocatheterCase 4. Stumpless Ostial CTO of Right Coronary ArteryCase 5. Difficult Reverse CARTCase 6. Ipsilateral Retrograde with Ping-pong Guide for LAD CTOCase 7. Long RCA CTO with LV Dysfunction and Renal FailureCase 8. Mid-RCA CTO with Impenetrable Proximal and Distal CapCase 9. Ambiguous Proximal Cap: ADR after Retrograde FailureCase 10. Long RCA CTO with Bifurcation at Distal Cap after Failed Retrograde ApproachCase 11. Balloon Uncrossable CTOCase 12. Long RCA CTO with Ambiguous Course: Use of Retrograde Knuckle Wire