EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2016 – EBC 2016 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Technique specific problem solving
A restenosis stent thrombosis after brs: how to treat?
Author: Antonios Karanasos, Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, Athens, Research associate, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC
TAKE HOME MESSAGES
- Always use invasive imaging to identify mechanism of failure
- In suboptimal implantation goal is to optimize expansion and lesion coverage
- In neointimal tissue growth, a metallic stent should be considered
- Treatment of very late scaffold thrombosis should account for scaffold dismantling