EUROSWISSCTO2026

Welcome

3 groups rotate between Modules (max. 10 doctors per group) 

What is Cathlab TV?

Gregor Leibundgut, Daniel Weilenmann

Modul 1: Intravascular imaging OCT and IVUS

Stéphane Carlier Simon Wilson, , Myron Zaczkiewicz

• Basics of IVUS
• Basics of OCT
• Case Examples and Hands-on

LUNCH

Modul 2: CTO Toolbox by the CHIPSTERS

Mihajlo Kovacic, Gregor Leibundgut, Mihai Cocoi

• Wires from technology to tasks
• Microcatheters from technology to task
• Guide extensions and co
• CTO techniques
• Case Examples and Hands-on

Coffee break

Modul 3: Plaque Modification and DCB

Felix Woitek, John Hung, Daniel Weilenmann

• ORBITAL ATHERECTOMY SYSTEM (OAS)
  Felix Woitek
• Plaque composition and implications
  John Hung
• Special tools for plaque modification
  Felix Woitek
• Essentials of plaque modification and algorithm
  John Hung
  
• Plaque modification and DCB
  John Hung
  
• Case Examples and Hands-on
  Daniel Weilenmann

Wrap up and End of CHIPSTAR Course
Leibundgut/Weilenmann

EBAC evaluation | tba

Please complete the evaluation at the end
of the event via EBAC.vote.

The participation times of individual participants will be documented
on-site. Your individual CME credits will be shown on your personal
certifi cate, which you will receive after the meeting via email.

Opening and Course Introduction

Ricardo Esteves

Part 1

• New Toolbox 2026
  Mihailo Kovacic
• Calcium Modification in 2025
  Michael Behnes
• Imaging: IVUS vs. OCT
  Ricardo Esteves
• Antegrade and Retrograde Approaches-Basic principles
  Kristian Wachtell

Coffee Break

Part 2

• Access Routes in 2026
  Giuseppe Colletti
• Stent or DCB
  Tuomas Rissanen
• Radiation Protection for Patients & Staff
  Ketina Arslani
• Hemodynamic support (IABP, Impella, ECMO)
• Michael Kunz, Anna Strum

Lunch and Visit to the Industry Exhibition

Hands-on Training
Build groups and allocate stations

Station 1 – Imaging

• IVUS
  Boston Scientific
• OCT
  Abbott

Station 2 – Guidewires & Microcatheters

• PCI simulator (Mentis) | Cordis

• ETOSS CTO model, New Heart Model, Collaterals Model
  Asahi Intecc and Vascular Medical 
• Microcatheter, GuideLiner under the microscope
  Teleflex

Coffee Break

Station 3 – Calcium Modification

• Rotational Atherectomy
  Boston Scientific
• Orbital atherectomy
  Abbott
• Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL)

  Shockwave

End of the Course

Dinner (registration required)

Registration

WELCOME to the EUROSWISS Summit 2026

Gregor Leibundgut, Daniel Weilenmann

EuroCTO Update 2026:  From Vision to Collaboration – A Platform for the Future

Kambis Mashayekhi

SESSION 1 – From Rotterdam to Basel – from BMS to DCB in CTO-PCI

Chairman 1: Carlo Di Mario, Coordinator: Leszek Bryniarski, Provoker: Dan Ioanes, Director: Alexander Bufe, Virtual Proctor: Maximilian Will, Digital Moderator: Rocco Giunta

Coffee break and exhibition

SESSION 2 – CTO controversies

Chairman 1: Amr Elhadidy, Coordinator: Alexandre Avran, Provoker: Adriaan Kraaienveld, Director: Dace Sondore, Virtual Proctor: Marin Postu, Digital Moderator: Mohaned Egred

Drug-Coated Balloon Therapy in Complex PCI and CTO Interventions

 (Lunch symposium by B. Braun)

Prof. Toumas Rissanen and Prof. Raban Jeger

IVUS Guided Low-Contrast Complex PCI (Workshop by Boston Scientific)

Dr. Daniel Weilenmann                          

SESSION 3: The role of Calcium in CTO PCI

Chairman 1: Felix Woitek, Coordinator: John Hung, Provoker: Nicolas Boudou, Director: Achim Alexandru, Virtual Proctor: Tomi Kaukonen, Digital Moderator: Carlo Zivelonghi

Coffee break and exhibition

SESSION 4: Cutting Edge in CTO Research

Chairman 1: Mohamed Aymen Ben Abdessalem, Coordinator: Atmowihardjo Iskandar, Provoker: Ilya Litovchik, Director: Anatolii Larionow

Congress Dinner at Werk 8

SESSION 5 – Strategies and techniques in CTO-PCI

Chairman 1: Hakan Uçar, Coordinator: Roberto Garbo, Provoker: Yasser Sadek, Director: Vojtěch Novotný, Virtual Proctor: Mustafa Kursat Tigen, Digital Moderator: Sliman Hussein

Welcome

Coffee break and exhibition

SESSION 6 – Complex CTO lesions

Chairman 1: Roberto Diletti, Coordinator: Luca Grancini, Provoker: Sudhir Rathore, Director: Mihailo Kovacic, Virtual Proctor: Andrew Ladwiniec, Digital Moderator: Jaroslaw Wojcik

Elevate your CTO Toolkit with Caravel S  (Lunch symposium by Asahi)

Gregor Leibundgut

IVUS Guided Complex Calcium & CTO (Workshop by Boston Scientific)

Mohamed Ayoub                                   

SESSION 7 – Complication case session – the winner gets invited to the SwissCTO&CHIP Summit 2027

Chairman 1:Patrick Siegrist, Coordinator: Jorge Sanz Sanchez, Provoker: Marco Hautmann, Director: Marouane Boukhris, Virtual Proctor: Giuseppe Colletti, Digital Moderator: Björn Billmann

CLOSING REMARKS