Which techniques have to be avoided for wide angle bifurcations
European Bifurcation Club 2009, EBC 2009 – Berlin, Germany
BIFURCATION ANGLES: INFLUENCE ON BIFURCATION STENTING INDICATION
Which techniques have to be avoided for wide angle bifurcations
Author: Tom Adriaenssens, MD, PhD, UZ Leuven, Belgium
POSSIBLE PROBLEMS WITH A WIDE BA
- Difficulty recrossing into side branch (crush, culotte)
- Difficulty in advancing a second stent into the SB after MV is stented
- Blood flow turbulence may raise risk for stent thrombosis, especially when using two or more DES
- Alteration of BA after stenting: effect unknown