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  Articles   05/02/2024
EuroIntervention. 2024 Feb 5;20(3):e185-e197. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00490. PMID: 38343371
Contemporary outcomes of chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary intervention in Europe: the ERCTO registry.
Vadalà G, Galassi AR, Werner GS, Sianos G, Boudou N, Garbo R, Maniscalco L, Bufe A, Avran A, Gasparini GL, La Scala E, Ladwiniec A, Saghatelyan M, Goktekin O, Gorgulu S, Reifart N, Agostoni P, Rathore S, Ayoub M, Behnes M, Atmowihardjo I, Iannaccone

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Background: Percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTO) have reached high procedural success rates thanks to dedicated equipment, evolving techniques, and worldwide adoption of state-of-the-art crossing algorithms.

Aims: We report the contem...






  Articles   01/11/2023
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Nov;102(5):864-877. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30827. Epub 2023 Sep 5. PMID: 37668012
Wire-based antegrade dissection re-entry technique for coronary chronic total occlusions percutaneous revascularization: Experience from the ERCTO Registry.
Galassi AR, Vadalà G, Maniscalco L, Gasparini G, Jo D, Bozinovic NZ, Gorgulu S, Gehrig T, Grancini L, Ungi I, La Scala E, Ladwiniec A, Stojkovic S, La Manna A, Tumscitz C, Elhadad S, Werner GS, Sianos G, Garbo R, Carlino M, Mashayekhi K, di Mario C.

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Background: The recent development and widespread adoption of antegrade dissection re-entry (ADR) techniques have been underlined as one of the antegrade strategies in all worldwide CTO consensus documents. However, historical wire-based ADR experience has suffered from disa...






  Articles   18/09/2023
EuroIntervention. 2023 Sep 18;19(7):571-579. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-23-00312. PMID: 37482940 Clinical Trial.
Three-year outcomes of A Randomized Multicentre Trial Comparing Revascularization and Optimal Medical Therapy for Chronic Total Coronary Occlusions (EuroCTO).
Werner GS, Hildick-Smith D, Martin Yuste V, Boudou N, Sianos G, Gelev V, Rumoroso JR, Erglis A, Christiansen EH, Escaned J, Di Mario C, Teruel L, Bufe A, Lauer B, Galassi AR, Louvard Y.





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Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for chronic total coronary occlusions (CTO) improves clinical symptoms and quality of life. The longer-term safety of PCI compared to optimal medical therapy ...






  Articles   11/09/2023
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Sep 11;16(17):2065-2082. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.06.042. PMID: 37704294 Review.
CTO and Bifurcation Lesions: An Expert Consensus From the European Bifurcation Club and EuroCTO Club.
Lefèvre T, Pan M, Stankovic G, Ojeda S, Boudou N, Brilakis ES, Sianos G, Vadalà G, Galassi AR, Garbo R, Louvard Y, Gutiérrez-Chico JL, di Mario C, Hildick-Smith D, Mashayekhi K, Werner GS.

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Knowledge in the field of bifurcation lesions and chronic total occlusions (CTOs) has progressively improved over the past 20 years. Therefore, the European Bifurcation Club and the EuroCTO Club have decided to write a joint consensus statement to share general knowledge and prac...






  Articles   14/08/2023
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Aug 14;16(15):1833-1844. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2023.05.019. PMID: 37587590 Review.
Utility of Guiding Catheter Extensions for Recanalization of Chronic Total Occlusions: A EuroCTO Club Expert Panel Report.
Garbo R, Iannaccone M, Werner GS, Mashayekhi K, Boudou N, Bufe A, Agostoni P, Avran A, Gagnor A, Gasparini G, Gorgulu S, Galassi AR, Sianos G, di Mario C.

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Guiding catheter extensions (GCEs) have become indispensable tools in the modern approach to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The support offered during complex PCI of uncrossable, or tortuous lesions is particularly valuable in the setting of chronic total occlusions (C...






  Articles   10/04/2023
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023 Apr;101(5):918-931. doi: 10.1002/ccd.30616. Epub 2023 Mar 8. PMID: 36883958
Gender differences in percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusions from the ERCTO study.
Avran A, Zuffi A, Gobbi C, Gasperetti A, Schiavone M, Werner GS, Kambis M, Boudou N, Galassi AR, Sianos G, Idali M, Garbo R, Gagnor A, Gasparini G, Bufe A, Bryniarski L, Kalnins A, Weilenmann D, Wojcik J, Agostoni P, Bozinovic NZ, Carlino M, Furkalo

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Background: Gender-specific data addressing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of chronic total occlusion (CTO) in female patients are scarce and based on small sample size studies.

Aims: We aimed to analyze gender-differences regarding in-hospital c...






  Articles   25/04/2022
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2022 Apr 25;15(8):834-842. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2022.02.013. PMID: 35450685
Retrograde Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions: Predictors of Procedural Success From the ERCTO Registry.
Myat A, Galassi AR, Werner GS, Mashayekhi K, Avran A, Boudou N, Meyer-Gessner M, Reifart N, Lesiak M, Garbo R, Bufe A, Spratt J, Bryniarski L, Christiansen EH, Sianos G, Escaned J, di Mario C, Hildick-Smith D.

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Objectives: The aim of this study was to identify independent predictors of procedural success after retrograde chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Background: Retrograde CTO PCI is an established technique, but predicto...






  Articles   17/12/2021
Pyxaras SA, Galassi AR, Werner GS, Avran A, Garbo R, Goktekin O, Boudou N, Bufe A, Sianos G, Gasparini GL, La Manna A, Weber-Albers J, Lefèvre T, Sevk
Dual lumen microcatheters for recanalisation of chronic total occlusions: a EuroCTO Club expert panel report.
Pyxaras SA, Galassi AR, Werner GS, Avran A, Garbo R, Goktekin O, Boudou N, Bufe A, Sianos G, Gasparini GL, La Manna A, Weber-Albers J, Lefèvre T, Sevk






  Articles   20/06/2019
EuroIntervention. 2019 Jun 20;15(2):198-208. doi: 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00826. PMID: 30636678
Percutaneous recanalisation of chronic total occlusions: 2019 consensus document from the EuroCTO Club.
Galassi AR, Werner GS, Boukhris M, Azzalini L, Mashayekhi K, Carlino M, Avran A, Konstantinidis NV, Grancini L, Bryniarski L, Garbo R, Bozinovic N, Gershlick AH, Rathore S, Di Mario C, Louvard Y, Reifart N, Sianos G.

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Since its inception in December 2006, the EuroCTO Club has strived to provide the framework for state-of-the-art chronic total occlusion (CTO) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in Europe and nearby regions. Among its initiatives, the EuroCTO Club has published a set of rec...






  Articles   05/04/2019
EuroIntervention. 2019 Apr 5;14(18):e1814-e1817. doi: 10.4244/EIJV14I18A319. PMID: 30956181
EuroCTO Club 2018 meeting: "Experts Live" in Toulouse.
Boudou N, Avran A, Garbo R, Lefèvre T, Hildick-Smith D, Reifart N, Galassi AR, Mattesini A, Dini CS, Brilakis ES, Yamane M, Sianos G, Mashayekhi K, Karmpaliotis D, DeMartini T, Werner GS, Di Mario C.
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