Looking Back

This symposium took place on November 30th and December 1st. Please find a video summary below.

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Presentations & Live Cases 2017

Title	Speaker	Presentation
Hybrid approach: Multiple roads lead to Rome	Dr. Paul Knaapen	View video
Live case 1	Dr. Yoshihisa Kinoshita & Dr. Alexander Nap	View video
CTO Toolbox: need to have or nice to have	Dr. Daniel Weilenmann	View video
AWE: Choosing the right wire	Dr. Bas Schölzel	View video
Double lumen catheter: usage and applications for CTO’s	Dr. Yoshihisa Kinoshita	View video
Live case 4	Dr. Alexander Nap & Dr. Niels Verouden	View video
ADR: Only when everything fails?	Prof.dr. Jo Dens	View video
Mechanical support: To pump or not to pump?	Dr. Nicolas van Mieghem	View video
Complications: Making CTO’s more complicated	Dr. Alexander Nap	View video
Contrast media: Keeping the tap dripping	Prof.dr. Rainer Wessely	View video
Proximal cap: A hard nut to crack	Dr. Jonathan Hill	View video
Live case 7	Dr. Paul Knaapen & Dr. Alexander Nap	View video

The Symposium

3rd Amsterdam CTO Symposium 2017

Being absolutely enthralled by PCI CTO and the huge success of our first and second Amsterdam CTO symposium we decided to have a third one this year. Our goal is again to provide minimum 8 live cases laced with practical tips and tricks interleaved by educational talks of our world class international faculty of CTO leaders in the fields of chronic total occlusion (CTO) during this 2 days symposium.

Dr. Paul Knaapen and Dr. Alex Nap
VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chronic Total Occlusions (CTOs) of coronary arteries represent one of the greatest challenges to interventional cardiologists. Successful revascularization of CTOs has been strongly associated with improved left ventricular function, freedom from angina and future revascularization, and in several studies increased survival.

Through new techniques (antegrade and retrograde), new guidewires, novel devices, appropriate patient selection, and improved operator technique, the success rates for recanalization of complex chronic total occlusions are increasing.

With presentations from experts in the field, numerous thematically organized live CTO cases, and case review sessions, this symposium will summarize the techniques, tips and tricks that are essential for the interventional cardiologist to decide when intervention of CTOs is warranted and to optimize procedural success.

Learning Objectives

After attending this symposium, participants should be able to:

Identify the pathobiologic (calcified vs non-calcified), angiographical (length of lesion, proximal cap, landing zone, interventional collaterals and clinical considerations which are associated with successful recanalization of chronic total occlusions.
Explain how advances in strategical approach, operator technique, guidewire technology, and new devices have improved success rates for chronic total occlusions.
Describe advanced guidewire techniques and other adjunctive devices for chronic total occlusions.
Integrate the latest recommendations for how to use new guidewires and devices to optimize procedural success while minimizing complications.