EBC - ON DEMAND
Factors for Side Branch Occlusion
European Bifurcation Club 2008 – EBC 2008 – Prague, Czech Republic
A family techniques
Factors for Side Branch Occlusion
Author: Robert J. Gil, MD, Central Hospital of the Internal Affairs and Administration Ministry, Warsaw, Poland
CONCLUSION
- Carina displacement is probably the main mechanism for SB compromise/closure and this may be predicted(!!!)
- Negative deviation from expected SB ostial stenosis aswell as SB MLD are associated with SB closure
- Several predictors of negative difference (SB MLD, plaque length ratio MV/MB and MB/SB diameterratio) were identified together with the importance of MV – SB distal angle α value
- The link between carina displacement and SB closure isangle alpha, with cut-off value for high closure riskbelow 40 degrees