Bifurcation lesions

The authors present a case of PCI for left main trunk bifurcation divided by a flap-like structure in a 67-year-old man suffering from effort angina, in which they successfully used a novel tracking technique by modifying the reverse controlled antegrade and retrograde tracking (CART), which they called...

The authors present a case of percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation lesion in a 73-year-old man suffering from effort angina, in which they successfully performed double kissing crush stenting using optical coherence tomography.

Szabo’s technique, also known as “tail-wire” technique, is one of the few specific ostial intervention techniques that can be helpful to achieve precise coverage of the ostium without excessive protrusion into the aorta or the respective main vessel... Discover the tips and solutions proposed by Felix...

Bending a wire for side branch access requires taking into account the geometry of the main vessel, the angulation of the side branch, the space for rotation of the wire, and the distribution of plaque, the presence of a stent etc. Discover the tips and solutions...

Proximal stent optimization to pMV reference diameter needs to be performed with an adequately sized (1:1) and meticulously positioned balloon since either too proximal or too distal position of POT balloon leads to suboptimal results. Discover the tips and solutions proposed by Zlatko Mehmedbegovic et al.

The Bifurcation Exploration website details five step-by-step bifurcation techniques with endoscopic imaging that show you what’s happening inside the vessel at each stage.

Consult this session to discover the key clinical data and angiographic reference of a patient presenting with LAD/D1 bifurcation disease.

A 75-year-old male with multiple risk factors and a history of NSTEMI is admitted for staged PCI to his left main bifurcation. His vessels are diffusely calcified…

Consult this case study on reversing heparin in a Type V coronary perforation complication, a female 76-year old patient.

Discover the 2nd edition of the Coronary Stenosis Textbook – a fully illustrated online edition which contains a new chapter on percutaneous interventions in bifurcation stenosis: pathological substrate and procedural guidance by G. Stankovic, et al.