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CRF Will Host Scientific Meeting on Latest Breakthroughs and Techniques for Chronic Total Occlusions on February 26-27, 2015 in New York City

WHAT:

The CTO Summit 2015 is a two-day course featuring the latest research and state-of-the-art technologies for chronic total occlusions. The agenda is now available online at: http://crf.org/cto/agenda.

This year’s conference will emphasize advanced techniques, evidence-based medicine, and live case transmissions featuring the world’s leading experts in CTO stenting. Sessions showcasing the latest research on CTOs will focus on procedural outcomes, registry updates, and new stent technologies. Among the highlights are:

• Long-term Data from 2nd Generation DES
  Jochen Wöhrle, MD
  University Hospital Ulm
• Clinical Outcome from Contemporary CTO-PCI
  David E. Kandzari, MD
  Piedmont Heart Institute
• A Japanese Registry Update
  Yasushi Asakura, MD
  Kasai Shoikai Hospital
• European Registry Update
  Georgios Sianos, MD
  AHEPA University Hospital
• Progress CTO Registry Update
  Emmanouil S. Brilakis, MD
  VA North Texas Health Care System and UT Southwestern Medical Center
• A Glimpse into the Future: BVS for CTO
  Antonio Serra, MD
  Hospital de Sant Pau

WHY:

A complete blockage in the coronary artery lasting more than three months, or chronic total occlusion (CTO), has historically been one of the most challenging types of blockages to treat with an interventional procedure. Leading practitioners of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) must become experts at restoring blood flow for patients with chronic total occlusions, and with advanced techniques, success rates greater than 90% may be obtained. This meeting is aimed at helping interventional cardiologists to optimize success in chronic total coronary occlusions.

WHEN:         

February 26-27, 2015 

WHERE:

New York Hilton Midtown
1355 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY

WHO:

The course directors for the CTO Summit 2015 are:

J. Aaron Grantham, MD
University of Missouri Kansas City and Mid America Heart Institute 

Dimitri Karmpaliotis, MD, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center

Martin B. Leon, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Jeffrey W. Moses, MD
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Masahiko Ochiai, MD
Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital 

Gregg W. Stone, MD
Columbia University Medical Center / New York-Presbyterian Hospital

Gerald S. Werner, MD
Klinikum Darmstadt

HOW TO REGISTER:

Media may apply for registration by emailing jromero@crf.org. For those unable to attend in person, reporters are eligible for access to Virtual CTO which provides live and on-demand viewing of the meeting sessions.