ReCross – When Two Worlds Meet

Published: 18 May 2021

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Overview

Through the case experience of an international faculty of CTO PCI experts, the emerging understanding of the everyday efficiency of the unique ReCross dual OTW lumen microcatheter is demonstrated.

 

The experts consider their personal CTO PCI algorithms, and how they believe ReCross’s versatility allows the device to contribute to antegrade success in the widely recognised EuroCTO Club and Hybrid algorithms respectively. 

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Key Learning Objectives

  • Understand the versatility of the unique ReCross dual OTW microcatheter in CTO PCI
  • Discover, via case demonstrations, how the ReCross device creates a bridge between commonly used CTO PCI algorithms, for example EuroCTO and Hybrid
  • Learn from CTO PCI experts how, in their experience, there is a potential to increase antegrade success rates with this device
  • Learn how the accessible versatility of ReCross has the potential role for operators expanding their skill set from Antegrade Wire Escalation to parallel wiring and ADR

Faculty

  • Dr Farouc Jaffer
  • Dr Alexandre Avran
  • Dr Andrew Lucking
  • Dr Emmanouil Brilakis
  • Dr Elliot Smith
  • Dr Roberto Garbo
  • Dr Ajay Kirtane
  • Dr Margaret McEntegart
  • Dr Gabriele Gasparini

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When Two Worlds Meet 2

An expert discussion on the new catheter technology ReCross and the impact it has had in coronary CTO's, changing the way physicians think and approach CTO interventions with Dr Garbo, Dr Brilakis and Dr Smith.

Faculty Biographies

Ajay J Kirtane

Ajay J Kirtane

Professor of Clinical Medicine

Ajay J Kirtane, is Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) Hospital / CUMC. Dr. Kirtane is an internationally-renowned leader in Interventional Cardiology, specializing in the care of patients with complex coronary and peripheral vascular disease.

 

In addition to his clinical commitments, Ajay has a strong interest in clinical education and research, serving as Chief Academic Officer of Columbia Interventional Cardiovascular Care. He is a director of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference, has served as a director of several international, national, and regional educational conferences, and has participated on the program committees for the scientific sessions of both the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association. Ajay’s research…

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Margaret B McEntegart

Margaret B McEntegart

Director of Complex PCI and CTO Programmes

Dr Margaret McEntegart serves as the Director of Complex PCI and CTO programmes at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, US. She also holds the role of Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories at Columbia University Irving Medical Center / New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Before joining Columbia, Dr McEntegart served as a consultant interventional cardiologist at Golden Jubilee National Hospital (UK), where she played a pivotal role in establishing and leading the CTO and Complex PCI Programme.

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Gabriele Gasparini

Gabriele Gasparini

Interventional Cardiologist

Dr Gasparini is an Interventional Cardiologist at Humanitas Research Hospital, Italy.

He is specialized in treatment of complex coronary artery disease, such as chronic total occlusions, saphenous vein grafts, bifurcations, left main disease and in management of complications. He is CTO operator, proctor and educator. He is the Founder and Course Director of the CTO Live Aid event. 

Dr Gasparini has written the ABCTO Handbook, focused on percutaneous treatment of chronic total occlusions.

 

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