Hyderabad
September 2018:
The Cardiology Department of Sunshine
Hospitals is conducting a 2 – day workshop on Chronic Total Occlusion (CTO) –
Complex High Risk Angioplasty. Chronic Total Occlusions are the long standing
total blocks that are usually hard and difficult to cross with traditional
approaches and may lead to Myocardial Infarction in other words – Heart Attack.
Dr.Vijay Kumar,Dr.Atsunori Okamura, Director of Cardiology and Coronary & Peripheral Intervention in Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital Japan.
There
are a lot of developments in the field of Interventional cardiology to handle
cases of CTO effectively. These could be retrograde or a hybrid approach that
can minimise the risk of going for a Bypass Surgery. But internationally
research has found out that the procedural success rate of a PCI in CTO cases
has been very low. This condition is mainly because the current hardware and
guidewires are simply not enough to cross through these CTO Blocks that are
very hard due to the longevity of their existence.
To
help the Interventional Cardiology fraternity in Continuous Education efforts
and also have an experiential recap of the procedures as a part of the
CTO – PCI internationally, Sunshine Hospitals under the Leadership of Dr.
Sridhar Kasturi, HOD, Interventional Cardiology is conducting a 2 – day
workshop on CTO – Complex High Risk Angioplasty. The Workshop is conducted in
association with Terumo Corporation which specialises in minimally invasive
Entry Site Management.
The
Team of Interventional Cardiologists from Sunshine Hospitals Dr. Sridhar
Kasturi, Dr. Shailendra Singh and Dr Vijay Kumar have explained the importance
of knowledge sharing to bring to the patient a reliable and advanced
Intervention to give a long lasting solution to the problem of CTO.
Sunshine
Hospitals under the Leadership of Dr. Gurava Reddy has over the past few years
pioneered affordable and reliable medical care to the people of Hyderabad
specially. It is the continuous endeavour of Sunshine Hospitals to provide
advanced Medical Care and clinical procedures to the patients.
Dr.
Atsunori Okamura San, Director of Cardiology, Coronary & Peripheral Intervention,
Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital, Osaka, Japan would be the Guest Faculty for the
workshop.
Dr.
Okamura San has spent considerable amount of time in pioneering the CTO
Angioplasty with concepts like 3 – D wiring that are distinct and advanced. His
Interaction with the young Cardiologists about a complex “Last Frontier of
Coronary Interventions” would immensely help them with specialised knowledge.
The
Workshop would be held on the 21st and 22nd September 2018 at the Auditorium of
the Sunshine Hospitals, Secunderabad. 
