EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2017 – EBC 2017 – Porto, Portugal
SESSION 5: Side Branch Clinical Relevance: Toward a New Bifurcation Definition?
How to recognize a clinically relevant SB?
Author: Bon-Kwon Koo, MD, PhD, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, Korea
HOW TO ASSES SIDE BRANCHES
- Assess myocardial mass at risk before you do anything (IVUS, FFR, ballooning, stenting…) for side branches.
- Estimate the size, location and influence of other branches.
- Remind that only a few side (diagonal) branches can cause moderate to severe ischemia.