Calcium in CTO
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Calcium always presents a challenge and not least in CTO PCI. We will discuss how CTO technique and strategy can be adapted, and how to safely modify calcium in CTO lesions.
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John Hung
Dr Hung is a Fellow in Interventional Cardiology, and the co-host of “Penetrating CTO – from cap...
Read MoreDr Hung is a Fellow in Interventional Cardiology, and the co-host of “Penetrating CTO – from cap to completion” on Wondr Medical. He specialises in complex PCI and chronic total occlusion and education in coronary intervention. He is a graduate of the University of Liverpool, where he did much of his postgraduate medical training, before undertaking a period of research at the BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science in Edinburgh. Currently based at St George’s Hospital, London he is an active clinician, researcher and road cyclist.
Show LessKambis Mashayekhi
Dr Kambis Mashayekhi is Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Heart...
Read MoreDr Kambis Mashayekhi is Head of the Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Heart Center Lahr in Germany. Dr. Mashayekhi is performing over 350 CTO-PCI’s per year and is an world-renowned CTO and complex PCI specialist. Dr. Mashayekhi is the head of the CTO working group from the German Society of cardiology and the Co-Director of MLCTO and EuroCTO course. He is the new EuroCTO president elect for 2023.
Show LessSinjini Biswas
Sinjini Biswas is an Interventional Cardiologist at the Bristol Heart Institute, having recently...
Read MoreSinjini Biswas is an Interventional Cardiologist at the Bristol Heart Institute, having recently finished a CTO and complex PCI fellowship at the same institution. She graduated from the University of Melbourne and completed her cardiology training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia. She was awarded a scholarship from the National Heart Foundation of Australia to undertake a PhD at Monash University/The Alfred Hospital. She subsequently completed a fellowship in PCI and TAVI at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, before moving to Bristol. She has clinical and research interests in intravascular imaging, treatment of calcific coronary artery disease and cardiovascular outcomes research.
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