Latest technology to treat 100% blocked arteries
What is CTO?
Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) occurs when the coronary artery is completely blocked with fatty deposits inside its walls for more than three months. It causes chest pain and breathlessness. These blocks are made up of hardened tissues that are difficult to cross using routine guide wires and balloon catheters. Unlike the routine angioplasty, Japanese have developed highly specialised wires, balloons and catheters that are specifically used for treating CTO.
Dr Maoto Habara, chief physician, Cardiovascular Medicine, Toyohashi Heart Centre, Japan at the workshop held at Vanagaram on Wednesday. Dr Abraham, DMS, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, and Dr Anand Gnanaraj, senior consultant, interventional cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Ayanambakkam, are present.
Chennai: As many as 100 cardiologists participated at the Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) workshop held at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, on Wednesday, to get a hands-on experience on the sophisticated procedure enabling them to save lives.
Participating at the workshop, Dr Maoto Habara, chief physician, cardiovascular medicine, Toyohashi Heart Centre, Japan, demonstrated some specialised CTO technique.
“Even 100 per cent blockages can be treated with angioplasty. Patients with cent per cent block in the coronary artery are usually referred to undergo a bypass surgery, and however, with angioplasty we can remove the blockage completely. This advanced CTO angioplasty procedure can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life, heart function, reduce the requirement for subsequent bypass surgery and enhance the chances of long-term survival.”
“An additional benefit is that post-operational healing time is generally much shorter like angioplasty compared with open heart surgery,’ he said.
“Patients with CTOs are usually referred to an open heart surgery. In such cases, doctors open the chest to operate. The surgery leaves a scar and needs long hospital stay and recovery time. Japanese people believe that if one’s chest is opened, the soul departs. The advanced CTO angioplasty procedure can significantly improve the heart function and patient’s quality of life,” said Dr Anand Gnanaraj, senior consultant, interventional cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Ayanambakkam.
On the occasion, Apollo Hospitals launched a centre of excellence for CTO at its Vanagaram branch. More than 500 patients were treated in the last five years in Apollo Hospitals with the CTO angioplasty. The workshop was held to spread awareness about the existence of such a procedure and provided training to cardiologists, which can benefit patients.
Dr Maoto Habara, who has performed over 1,000 CTO angioplasties at Toyohashi Heart Centre performed this intricate procedure on a 76-year-old woman at Apollo facility and interacted with the cardiologists from across the country about advanced techniques in interventional cardiology.
Asked about the facilities in Apollo Hospitals, Dr Maoto Habara said, ‘Here they have the best and the latest equipment like IVUS, a technology that is used only in very few places.’
Chennai: As many as 100 cardiologists participated at the Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) workshop held at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram, on Wednesday, to get a hands-on experience on the sophisticated procedure enabling them to save lives.
Participating at the workshop, Dr Maoto Habara, chief physician, cardiovascular medicine, Toyohashi Heart Centre, Japan, demonstrated some specialised CTO technique.
“Even 100 per cent blockages can be treated with angioplasty. Patients with cent per cent block in the coronary artery are usually referred to undergo a bypass surgery, and however, with angioplasty we can remove the blockage completely. This advanced CTO angioplasty procedure can significantly improve a patient’s quality of life, heart function, reduce the requirement for subsequent bypass surgery and enhance the chances of long-term survival.”
“An additional benefit is that post-operational healing time is generally much shorter like angioplasty compared with open heart surgery,’ he said.
“Patients with CTOs are usually referred to an open heart surgery. In such cases, doctors open the chest to operate. The surgery leaves a scar and needs long hospital stay and recovery time. Japanese people believe that if one’s chest is opened, the soul departs. The advanced CTO angioplasty procedure can significantly improve the heart function and patient’s quality of life,” said Dr Anand Gnanaraj, senior consultant, interventional cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Ayanambakkam.
On the occasion, Apollo Hospitals launched a centre of excellence for CTO at its Vanagaram branch. More than 500 patients were treated in the last five years in Apollo Hospitals with the CTO angioplasty. The workshop was held to spread awareness about the existence of such a procedure and provided training to cardiologists, which can benefit patients.
Dr Maoto Habara, who has performed over 1,000 CTO angioplasties at Toyohashi Heart Centre performed this intricate procedure on a 76-year-old woman at Apollo facility and interacted with the cardiologists from across the country about advanced techniques in interventional cardiology.
Asked about the facilities in Apollo Hospitals, Dr Maoto Habara said, ‘Here they have the best and the latest equipment like IVUS, a technology that is used only in very few places.’
What is CTO?
Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) occurs when the coronary artery is completely blocked with fatty deposits inside its walls for more than three months. It causes chest pain and breathlessness. These blocks are made up of hardened tissues that are difficult to cross using routine guide wires and balloon catheters. Unlike the routine angioplasty, Japanese have developed highly specialised wires, balloons and catheters that are specifically used for treating CTO.
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