2. Ostial Lesions
Definition
Ostial disease is defined as a lesion
arising within 3 mm of the vessel origin
Classification
– Aorto-ostial – involving the ostia of the
RCA, LMS, and ACB grafts.
– Non-aorto-ostial – involving the ostia
of the major coronary arteries
not arising directly from the aorta; i.e.,
the LAD, Cx and RIM.
– Branch ostial – involving the ostia of
branches of the major coronary vessels;
(diagonals, marginals, PL and PD)
Percy Eurointerverntion 2009
3. Ostial Lesions - Incidence
33%
12%
32%
18%
Overall Incidence around 3%
Patel CCI 2016
9. 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5
Proximal v distal vessel
Length <15, 16-30, >30
Absent proximal tortuosity
Less calcification
Unambiguous proximal cap
No previous CABG
BMI < 30
Adjusted OR for success
Predictors of success – UK HYBRID
Multivariate analysis: C statistic = 0.72
All p<0.01
Wilson CTO summit 2016
10. PROspective Global REgiStry for the Study of CTO interventions
Proximal cap ambiguity
Brilakis CTO summit 2016
11. CTO - Ostial Lesions - Management
– Microchannels
– Bridging Collaterals
– Calcium in the vessel course
– Additional imaging modalities
• IVUS
• CT angio of CTO
– Utility of Retrograde Approach
Non Ao-ostial Ao - ostial
+ +/-
++ +/-
++ ++
+++ -
+/- +/-
++ +++
Meticulous attention should be paid to prevent retrograde wire
going subintimally in the proximal vessel, LM respectively.
How to predict the vessel origin in the absence of stump
22. CTO – Ao - Ostial Lesions - Case presentation
Final Result
23. CTO - Ostial Lesions
• Ostial CTO lesions represent an inhomogeneous subset
of chronically occluded coronaries.
• There is a paucity of data about their incidence,
treatment options and longstanding results.
• PCIs in Ao-ostila CTOs are complex, procedures,
demanding high expertise of the operator and a lot of
resources.
• Reported success rates are lower compared with the
conventional CTO PCI.