Path to an anatomically designed “true” bifurcation stent
European Bifurcation Club 2008 – EBC 2008 – Prague, Czech Republic
Dedicated devices or techniques
Path to an anatomically designed “true” bifurcation stent
Author: Raoul Bonan, MD
CONCLUSION
- Only anatomically designed bifurcation stent in development, “covering and respecting the carina”
- Potential to address the following needs in bifurcation stenting:
- Optimal coverage of the bifurcation lesion –No risk of too much / little metal at ostia or carina
- Complexity of treatment strategy –No rewiring of SB through stent struts –Number of procedural steps
- FIM undergoing