Nano Crush in Left Main
European Bifurcation Club 2019, EBC 2019 - Barcelona, Spain NEWS 3 Nano Crush in Left Main Author: Gianluca Rigatelli, MD, PhD, Rovigo General Hospital, Italy NANO CRUSH FACTS 2014 : conceiving the technique and first application of the technique in LM and non-LM patients 2015 : application in shock patients 2017 : publication first preliminary series in Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2018 : publication of bench and computational fluid dynamic study in Cathet Cardiovasc Interv 2019 : Nano-Crush in Left main and cardiogenic shock in Cardiovasc Revasc Med 2019 : comparison between Nano-Crush and Culotte in Left main in Int J Cardiovasc Imag CONCLUSION Nano-crush stenting in Left Main showed improved long- term outcomes with low TVF, low mortality and 0% thrombosis compared to other double stent techniques Nano-crush stenting in Left Main provided easy and fast revascularization, low X-ray exposure and low contrast dose Nano-crush stenting can be an alternative to DK-crush in complex Left Main bifurcation disease