EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2012 – EBC 2012 – Castelldefels, Spain
Restenosis: how to treat? Cases: left main, non left main
Restenosis in complex DES bifurcation lesion: OCT findings
Author: Dr. Tom Adriaenssens, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
CONCLUSION
- Remnant from early experience (Taxus?)
- Clinical re-presentation uncommon (3% at 12m)
- Getting rarer – 3rd generation DES?
- Either barrel; usually near/at bifurcation
- Easy to treat with re-PCI
- Big catheter, predil HP
- Rx re-SKS (DES)
- Increase size +0.5/+0.5mm