EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2011, EBC 2011 – Lisbon, Portugal
New techniques or old technique improvements
First clinical experience of “flower petal stenting”
Author: Yoshishisa Kinoshita, MD, Toyohashi Heart Center, Japan
BACKGROUND
The use of DES improved outcomes for the main branch in bifurcation lesion. However, it demonstrated the continuing occurrence of restenosis at the ostium of the side branch because of under- expansion and incomplete coverage.
LIMITATION
- Small number
- Not randomized
- Procedure complexity