Hyderabad :  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.

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.