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Insight from North America
European Bifurcation Club 2005, EBC 2005 – Bordeaux, France
Insight from North America
Author: Stéphane Carlier, MD, PhD, Columbia University Medical Center, USA
SUMMARY
- Bifurcation lesions treated with the crush technique presented the smallest minimum CSA at the SB ostium in the majority of cases
- 1 (2.5 %) patient had SAT
- TLR at 6 months is associated with SB ostium restenosis
- Considering only non-LM lesions, restenosis occur in 20% of cases
AS OF TODAY
- Pendulum swung back and now crush stenting is rarely performed
- Major concern: Late Thrombosis 2 S > 1S
- Preferred strategy: provisional SB stenting