CD session

• Trying to break a knotted wire on a stent is probably safer when a balloon is advanced close to the stent
• Especially when we have to deal with a Promus stent which has a weak longitudinal resistance
• Magnum olive-shaped wire is a useful tool to advance through a distorted stent.
• Stent design is a tradeoff:
  • Stent flexibility, crossing profile (decrease strut thickness)
  • Longitudinal integrity