Struts across side branch an oct follow up
European Bifurcation Club 2019, EBC 2019 – Barcelona, Spain
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Struts across side branch an oct follow up
Author: Rony Mathew, MD, DM, Lisie Heart Institute – Lisie Hospital Cochin, India
CONCLUSION
- Struts across a major side branch may be a predictor of side branch re-stenosis. – Neo-intimal growth over the struts will compromise the side branch ostia over time.
- Proposed hypothesis: – Struts across SB on OCT Imaging may be an indication to kiss/PSP, even if the ostia is not compromised on angiography.
- Follow up OCT study required.