Chronic total occlusions (CTOs) are part of the last challenges in endovascular, peripheral or coronary interventions.
Vascular surgeons and interventional cardiologists are seeing new devices common to both disciplines to improve their respective success rates.
Recently available in France, pilot country, CenterCross and MutliCross anchoring catheters combine the peripheral vascular concept of a self-expandable nitinol system with coronary crossing techniques by using microcatheters such as Micro14, to cross peripheral and coronary occlusions.
Fast-growing in coronary CTOs as well as in bifurcations, double lumen catheters such as NHancerRX are entering into the treatment of tibio-peroneal lesions.
Georgios S. Hi Alex, Congratulations on the cases and on the discussion.Could you elaborate on trapping with a guide extension in the vessel. George Sitafidis