Live Cases from Florence and Rome From Tor Vergata Hospital, Rome Operators: Andrea Gagnor (Turin), Mohaned Egred (Newcastle - UK), Daniela Benedetto (Rome) From Careggi University Hospital, Florence Operators: Masahisa Yamane (Tokyo - J), Stelios Pyxaras (Furth - D), Carlo Di Mario (Florence) Flash Highlights 8:30 Update on microcatheter options and selection Gregor Leibundgut (Basel - CH) ___________________________________________ PLENARY SESSION Live Cases from Florence and Rome + Flash Highlights Auditorium Zubin Mehta - Saturday 8:30 - 10:00 Coordinator: Roberto Garbo (Turin) Chairpersons: Heinz Joachim Büttner (Bad Krozingen - D), Roberto Diletti (Rotterdam - NL) Discussants: Michael Behnes (Mannheim - D), Giacomo Boccuzzi (Turin), Alexander Bufe (Krefeld - D), Salvatore Colangelo (Turin) Challengers: Paul Knaapen (Amsterdam - NL), Gioel Gabrio Secco (Alessandria) ___________________________________________ 15th Experts Live CTO, EUROCTO Club meeting in partnership with the GISE CTO meeting. September 8th - 9th, 2023 Florence, Italy

1. Update on microcatheters
Options and selection
Leibundgut - Gregor
5’ Flash Highlight
09.09.2023 | 08:30 - 10:00
Gregor Leibundgut, MD
Head of Interventional Cardiology
Director of CHIP and CTO Program
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
gregor.leibundgut@usb.ch

2. Microcatheters are a dime a dozen

3. Task → Function → Features
Doge Charger 1969
Doge Charger 2022
Old wine in new skins?

4. Coiled
torquable
Turnpike
Turnpike LP
Turnpike Spiral
Turnpike Gold
Mamba
Mamba flex
Corsair Pro
Corsair Pro XS
Caravel
Teleport
Teleport Control
Braided
non-torquable
FineCross
SuperCross
Tip
Special features
Turnpike Spiral
Turnpike Gold
Tornus
Cross Boss
Venture
SuperCross
Profile
Low profile
Caravel
Turnpike LP
Corsair Pro XS
Tappered
Variations in design

5. Braids
Coils
Shaft construction
PTFE Inlayer

6. Tip features

7. Corsair Pro
Mamba Flex
No coils Coils
Variations in tip construction

8. Finecross
SuperCross
Micro-14
Nhancer Pro
Tornus
Turnpike Gold
Corsair Pro
Turnpike
Teleport
Caravel
Turnpike LP
Mamba Flex
Turnpike Spiral
Mamba
Lesion specific Tasks
General use Retro & Antegrade Retrograde Antegrade Ca2+ Antegrade
Fine collaterals

9. ReCross

10. Features

11. First wire in side branch or
subintimal
Parallel wire with ReCross
Contemporary parallel wiring

12. Device based targeted re-entry with ReCross dual-lumen microcatheter
Antegrade dissection & re-entry (ADR)

13. • Improved backup
• interlocks with the guiding catheter
• High pushability
• stainless-steel proximal shaft provides much more
efficient push vs conventional microcatheters
• Easy guidewire exchange
• monorail system
• Guide extension exchange
• MicroRX can be left in place
MicroRx

14. Thank you!
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