14th Experts Live CTO
September 2nd - 3rd, 2022 - Mainz, Germany
AGIK Parallel Session - Special Session:
Case of the month Competition
Case of the month Competition
Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Antwerp, Belgium
Room:
West Foyer - Friday 12:45
Chairmen:
Pier Francesco Agostoni, Antwerp, Belgium;
Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico, Koblenz, Germany
Pierfrancesco Agostoni: Case of the month Competition
1. Special Session
CTO Case of the month Competition
Chairmen:
Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Antwerp, Belgium
Juan Luis Gutiérrez-Chico, Koblenz, Germany
2. Best CTO Case of the Month
Rules:
- Case submitted via the EuroCTO website (for EuroCTO
members) or via the EuroCTO secretariat (for non members)
- A jury of 3 members select the 3 best cases (secret vote)
- The 3 best cases are posted in the EuroCTO website and
voted by all EuroCTO members
- The winner is the one who gets more votes
3. Dr Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Antwerp, Belgium
Dr Juan Luis Gutierrez Chico, Koblenz, Germany
Dr Paul Knaapen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
Best CTO Case of the Month
4. 3 sessions up to now:
1. Just before Florence EuroCTO 2021
2. In March - May 2022
3. In July - August 2022
Best CTO Case of the Month
5. Heart for CTO Retrograde Wire Escalation & Rota in LAD CTO
(Felix Woitek, Dresden, Germany)
Neo-ostium formation: retrograde PCI via SVG for ostial RCA CTO
(Share Parfrey, Leeds, UK)
AWE with recently CE-marketed dedicated guidewires
(Niccolò Ciardetti, Florence, Italy)
5 cases submitted
First CTO Case of the Month
6. Heart for CTO Retrograde Wire Escalation & Rota in LAD CTO
Felix Woitek, Dresden, Germany
EuroCTO candidate member
First CTO Case of the Month
WINNER
7 EuroCTO
members
voted
7. Stiff Wire Scratching Technique - Guidewire re-direction technique from
subintimal space
(Mihajlo Kovacic, Cakovec, Croatia)
Use of IVUS to guide a CTO-procedure: how this can help in an ostial CTO
(Marnix Von Kemp, Antwerp, Belgium)
Chameleon Technique - Complicated with distal perforation in a case of
LAD CTO
(Neisser Morales Victorino, Mexico City, Mexico)
7 cases submitted
Second CTO Case of the Month
8. Stiff Wire Scratching Technique - Guidewire re-direction
technique from subintimal space
Mihajlo Kovacic, Cakovec, Croatia
EuroCTO candidate member
Second CTO Case of the Month
WINNER
36 EuroCTO
members
voted
9. Dominant CX CTO with proximal cap ambiguity and peripheral disease
(Ander Regueiro, Barcelona, Spain)
Double trouble fixed the minimalistic way
(Gianluca Castaldi, Antwerp, Belgium)
External Crush in CTO RCA - AWE/ADR/retrograde
(Grzegorz Sobieszek, Lublin, Poland)
8 cases submitted
Third CTO Case of the Month
10. Dominant CX CTO with proximal cap ambiguity and peripheral
vascular disease
Ander Regueiro, Barcelona, Spain
EuroCTO candidate member
Third CTO Case of the Month
WINNER
28 EuroCTO
members
voted
11. Special thanks to Ambra Ghivarello for her organizational work
during these «CTO case of the month» sessions
12. Felix Woitek (Dresden, Germany)
Heart for CTO Retrograde Wire Escalation & Rota in LAD CTO
Mihajlo Kovacic (Cakovec, Croatia)
Stiff Wire Scratching Technique - Guidewire re-direction technique
from subintimal space
Ander Regueiro (Barcelona, Spain)
Dominant CX CTO with proximal cap ambiguity and peripheral
vascular disease
WINNERS AND TODAY PRESENTERS
