Cases in a box

Roberto Garbo, MD
Director of CTO and Complex PCI Program
Maria Pia Hospital, GVM  Turin, Italy

The patient is a 65-year-old male with multiple risk factors and submitted one year ago for acute coronary syndrome. He presented three-vessel disease: LAD, CX and RCA-CTO. The bilateral injection…

Roberto Garbo, MD
Director of CTO and Complex PCI Program
Maria Pia Hospital, GVM  Turin, Italy

The patient is a 56-year-old male. Multivessel disease was found in LAD and critical stenosis of the CX. RCA CTO was detected with septal and epicardial collaterals. We started with an antegrade…

Roberto Garbo, MD 
Director of CTO and Complex PCI Program 
Maria Pia Hospital, GVM  Turin, Italy

The patient is a 64-year-old male. RCA CTO post stent was detected. We started with an antegrade approach with IVUS guidance for the entry point supported by Navitian but it failed due to…

Roberto Garbo, MD 
Director of CTO and Complex PCI Program 
Maria Pia Hospital, GVM  Turin, Italy

The patient is a 74-year-old male. Mid-LAD CTO with the diffuse disease was detected. The LAD /Diagonal presented a severe calcified CTO treated by an antegrade approach, so rotational atherectomy…