Abstract
Percutaneous treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions remained challenging in the stent era, with restenosis rates greater than 30% and no advantage from the routine use of kissing stents. Drug eluting stents (DES) have dramatically reduced the restenosis rates (RR) in the main vessel, but with conventional T-stenting double digits figures are still reported for the side-branch because of poor ostial coverage. The techniques of kissing stenting able to provide full lesion coverage (Culotte, V-stenting, Crush) have the potential to improve these results but the development of dedicated DES is probably needed to obtain consistently high procedural and long-term success.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 365-378 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Minerva Cardioangiologica |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2004 |
Keywords
- Bifurcations
- Paclitaxel
- Sirolimus
- Stents
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Coronary bifurcation stenting: Current techniques, outcome and possible future developments'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Cite this
Melikian, N., Airoldi, F., & Di Mario, C. (2004). Coronary bifurcation stenting: Current techniques, outcome and possible future developments. Minerva Cardioangiologica, 52(5), 365-378.