EBC - ON DEMAND
European Bifurcation Club 2019, EBC 2019 – Barcelona, Spain
BENCH & COMPUTATIONAL BIFURCATION STENT SIMULATIONS
Introduction: Are bifurcation stenting simulations needed?
Author: Habib Samady, MD, FACC, Emory University Hospital, USA
ARE BIFURCATION STENTING SIMULATIONS NEEDED? – YES
- Outcomes of bifurcation PCI are not optimal
- Bench Micro CT studies can inform bifurcation stenting strategies
- Macro or vessel level hemodynamics require 3 D vessel and stent reconstruction
- Micro or strut level hemodynamics require complex and time consuming computational techniques for evaluating the interaction of plaque prolapse, strut morphology and perhaps stent healing
- Prospective studies (SHEART STENT and ISR FLOW) are underway to investigate the prognostic value of hemodynamics as they relate to vascular healing of in angulated and bifurcation PCI.