EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2007, EBC 2007 – Valencia, Spain
NEW DEVICES, NEW TECHNIQUES
TAP T And Protrusion
Author: Francesco Burzotta, MD, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
CONCLUSION
IF YOU WANT TO USE A STRATEGY OF ROUTINE MV STENTING WITH PROVISIONAL SB STENTING…
…AND YOU WANT TO BE SURE TO COVER THE SB OSTIUM…
…BUT YOU WANT TO AVOID LARGE AREAS OF OVERLAPPING DOUBLE OR TRIPLE STENT STRUTS…
IF YOU ARE CONFIDENT TO OBTAIN PERFERCT POSITIONING OF THE SB STENT: USE PROVISIONAL T-STENTING …
IF YOU ARE NOT SO CONFIDENT: WHY NOT TO USE PROVISIONAL TAP-STENTING ?!