EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2017 – EBC 2017 – Porto, Portugal
SESSION 5: Side Branch Clinical Relevance: Toward a New Bifurcation Definition?
How to approach the problem of clinical relevance of a SB: Analytical perspective
Author: GS Kassab, MD, California Medical Innovations Institute, San Diego CA
INTRODUCTION
- Side branch (SB): To treat or no treat?
- Identification of coronary artery side branch (SB) supplying myocardial mass that may benefit from revascularization (Kim et al, JACC Intv 10: 571-81, 2017)…Revascularization could be identified by SB length > 73 mm.
- Why length, diameter, etc. Ultimately, myocardial mass is what matters?!