Chronic Total Occlusions

Name: Chronic Total Occlusions
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ISBN: 9781119517276

A Guide to Recanalization

by Ron Waksman, Shigeru Saito

3rd Edition

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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Print ISBN	9781119517276
eText ISBN	9781119517313
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publishing Year	2023
Edition	3rd Edition
Language	English
Pages	288

The textbook Chronic Total Occlusions: A Guide to Recanalization, 3rd Edition, presents a comprehensive framework covering diagnostic modalities and treatment methods for complex revascularization. Designed specifically for interventional cardiologists, this volume establishes a clear systematic approach to managing severe coronary artery blockages.

Coverage progresses across key diagnostic and procedural domains. Initial chapters detail pathobiology, clinical guidelines, and imaging applications including CT angiography, optical coherence tomography, and intravascular ultrasound guidance. Tactical discussion moves from guidewire technology and microcatheter selection to advanced revascularization strategies, such as antegrade dissection re-entry alongside CART and Reverse CART techniques.

A defining structural feature of this edition is its detailed, step-by-step guidance on retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention techniques. This systematic progression provides interventional cardiologists with a reliable clinical reference for managing complex lesion presentations in practice.

Chapter 1: The Pathobiology of CTO
Chapter 2: Pathology of Chronic Total Occlusions: Implications for Revascularization
Chapter 3: Indications and Guidelines of PCI for CTO
Chapter 4: CT Angiography: Application in Chronic Total Occlusions
Chapter 5: IVUS-Guided Recanalization of CTO
Chapter 6: Optical Coherence Tomography to Guide the Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusions
Chapter 7: New Coronary Guidewire Technology in Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Chapter 8: Tornus Catheter
Chapter 9: Microcatheters: Characteristics and Use
Chapter 10: CTO Wires: Engineering 101 and Principles of Wire Manipulation
Chapter 11: Use of Two Wires in the Treatment of CTO
Chapter 12: Parallel-Wire Techniques
Chapter 13: Transradial Approach for CTO Lesions
Chapter 14: Subintimal Angioplasty in Coronary CTO
Chapter 15: Antegrade Dissection and Re-Entry Techniques
Chapter 16: 3D Wiring Methods in CTO PCI
Chapter 17: Antegrade Fenestration and Re-Entry: An Alternative Approach to Antegrade Dissection and Re-Entry
Chapter 18: Retrograde CTO PCI: Step by Step
Chapter 19: Retrograde CTO Intervention via Vein Grafts
Chapter 20: Tips and Tricks of the CART and Reverse CART Technique
Chapter 21: Debulking of CTO
Chapter 22: Laser Revascularization in Coronary CTO
Chapter 23: How to Handle Subintimal Dissections
Chapter 24: CTO: How to Minimize Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury
Chapter 25: Mechanical Support for CTO
Chapter 26: Stent Grafts to Seal Coronary Perforation
Chapter 27: Complications During Retrograde Approach for CTO
Chapter 28: Interesting Cases I–V