Chronic total occlusion (CTO) remains a challenging lesion subset in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Currently, the introduction of drug-eluting stents has resulted in improved patency of CTO in the chronic phase, and due to several new techniques, dedicated device developments and imaging support, the initial  success of opening CTO seems to be markedly  improving as well. IVUS has become a main tool to guide step by step CTO-PCI.​

Course objectives

• How to find the best strategy in IVUS CTO for your patient​
• Planning the procedure for the live case​
• Going deep in the live CTO case as a key of success ​