EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2008 – EBC 2008 – Prague, Czech Republic
D family techniques
T-stenting and small protrusion (TAP) technique for restenotic lesion after single stenting in the left main coronary bifurcation
Author: Yoshinobu Murasato MD, PhD, Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine, New Yukuhashi Hospital, Japan
CONCLUSION
- TAP technique is a non-complex and acceptable treatment for the recurrent and severe restenotic lesion in the LCX after crossover stenting in the LMCA.
- Even after high pressure ballooning at the LCX ostium, the stent expansion was restricted when Taxus stent was used for the MV.
- This tendency was more prominent in Cypher stent (closed-cell type) compared to Driver stent (modular type).
- Kissing balloon inflation was mandatory for correcting the deviation of metallic carina.