In patients undergoing percutaneous treatment for bifurcation lesions, both stent volume and symmetry are reduced in the main vessel by side branch dilatation. But finalizing the procedure with ...
At 5 years, final kissing balloon dilatation does not impact the rate of MACE in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions who undergo main vessel stenting, according to new findings from the ...
September 30, 2009 (San Francisco, California) — During a one-stent approach for the treatment of bifurcation lesions, the use of routine kissing-balloon dilatation of the side branch does not improve ...
To ensure full stent coverage of bifurcation lesions, interventional cardiologists have developed a crush technique that appears to be effective. Stephane Carlier, MD, assistant professor of medicine ...