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ML CTO 2026 – 25th-27th JUNE

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08:30
09:00

ML CTO 2026 – INTRODUCTION | Involving the next generation

Alexandre Avran, Kambis Mashayekhi & Stéphane Rinfret

09:00
10:30

SESSION 1 –  It’s all about self-reflection

  • Managing my learning journey to become a better operator, Claudiu Ungureanu
  • Managing adverse consequences of CTO PCI, Nicolas Boudou
  • Case management in constraint environments: my experience, Ali El Sayed
  • Managing my ego: when should I stop, Roberto Garbo

10:30
11:00

Coffee break & Exhibition visit

11:00
11:15

Didactical lecture: Origins of complications, Ganeev Malhotra

11:15
12:45

SESSION 2 –  It’s all about tools

 LIVE CASE #1

  • Wires for CTOs: old and newer stuff, Gregor Leibundgut
  • Microcatheters for CTOs: old and new stuff, Mihai Cocoi
  • New tools in complex PCI, Benjamin Faurie
  • Stent sizing for CTOs: criteria and pitfalls, Stéphane Carlier

12:45
13:45

Lunch break & Exhibition visit

13:45
15:30

SESSION 3 –  It’s all about antegrade approach

LIVE CASE #2

  • My approach for antegrade wiring, Andrea Gagnor
  • The new Zolution wiring, Eugene Wu
  • My approach for an ambiguous proximal cap, Raja Hatem
  • The wire crossed but the MC cannot follow: what’s next? Alexander Nap
  • Intraplaque micro-injection of contrast, Salman Arain

15:30
16:00

Coffee break & Exhibition visit

16:00
18:00

SESSION 4 –  It’s all about cases

LIVE CASE #3

LIVE CASE #4

18:00

Adjournment

09:00
10:40

SESSION 5 –  It’s all about retrograde

LIVE CASE #5

Live transmission to CTO-Club Seminar, Main Arena – Japan

  • My approach to retrograde pathway selection, Masahisa Yamane
  • My approach to retrograde CTO PCI through epicardial collaterals, Paul Hsien Li Kao
  • Crossing the occlusion from the retrograde approach, Tarek Rashid
  • When should I externalize : snaring, tip-in, rendez-vous… ? Sina Porouchani

10:40
11:15

Coffee break & Exhibition visit

11:15
13:15

SESSION 6 – It’s all about dissection re-entry

LIVE CASE #6

      • Classical and modern approach to ADR, Emmanouil Brilakis
      • CONTROVERSE Stenting a dissection plan: my approach:
        – I do, Paul Knaapen
        – I personnally don’t stent, Myron Zaczkiewicz

13:15
14:15

Lunch break & Exhibition visit

14:15
16:00

SESSION 7 – Under 40 ML CTO World Cup: Semi-Finals

LIVE CASE #7

  • SEMI-FINAL 1: Case presenter 1
  • SEMI-FINAL 1: Case presenter 2

LIVE CASE #8

  • SEMI-FINAL 2: Case presenter 3
  • SEMI-FINAL 2: Case presenter 4

16:00
16:30

Coffee break & Exhibition visit

16:30
18:00

SESSION 8 – Under 40 ML CTO World Cup: Final

LIVE CASE #9

LIVE CASE #10

UNDER 40 ML CTO WORLD CUP WINNERS

18:30

Adjournment

09:00
10:15

SESSION 9 –  It’s all about mastering CTOs

– Khaldoon Alaswad
– Alexandre Avran
– Roberto Diletti
– Thomas Hovasse
– Sanjog Kalra
– Stéphane Rinfret

10:15
10:45

Coffee break & Exhibition visit

10:45
12:15

SESSION 10 –  ML CTO Family FEUD

LIVE CASE #11

> ML CTO “Family FEUD” Game <

13:00

ML CTO 2026 – Lunch closing