Theory and practical based approach to chronic total occlusions

Table 3 Contemporary basic CTO PCI toolbox

Sheaths	45 cm long sheaths
Guiding catheters	7 and 8 Fr 90 cm long Guiding Catheters
Microcatheters	Corsair, Finecross, Venture, Tornus, Crusade, Multicross, Prodigy, Twinpass
Dissection and reentry	Crossboss coronary catheter, Stingray balloon
Guiding Catheter extensions	Guideliner, Guidezilla
Snares	Ensnare, Atrieve, Amplatz Gooseneck
Balloon uncrossable occlusions	Tornus, Laser, Rotational Atherectomy
Intravascular imaging	Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) (Eagle Eyes, Volcano, USA), Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)
Complication managements	Jostent Graftmaster, Graftmaster Rx and Coil embolization
Radiation safety	Radpad
Stents	Drug Eluting Stents

Corsair (Asahi Intecc, Japan), Finecross (Terumo, Japan), Venture (Vascular Solutions), Tornus (Asahi Intecc, Japan), Multictoss (Roxwood Medical, USA), Prodigy (Radius Medical, USA), Crusade (kaneka, Japan), Twinpass (Vascular Solutions, USA), CrossBoss coronary catheter (Boston Scientific, USA), Sting-Ray (Boston Scientific, USA), Guideliner (Vascular Solutions, USA), Guidezilla (Boston Scientific, USA), Ensnare (Merit Medical, USA), Atrieve (Angiotech, USA), Amplatz Gooseneck, (Covidien, USA), IVUS (Εagle Eye, Volcano, USA), Jostent Graftmaster, Graftmaster Rx (Abbott Vascular, USA), RadPad (Worldwide Innovations & Technologies, USA)

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