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 |
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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