Bifurcation lesions

Watch a series of Late-Breaking Trials presented during the PCR e-Course 2020 and see how they might have an impact on your practice: 

• Crossover results from the RADIANCE-HTN SOLO trial
• DynamX Bioadaptor, a novel « uncaging » platform
• Two-stent vs. provisional for bifurcation PCI: the DEFINITION II trial

Watch this session if you want to understand the best treatment options for patients presenting with complex bifurcation lesion, to share a benchtop simulation of bifurcation techniques and to learn how to optimise both strategy and technique.

Watch this video if you want to learn why POT is important in bifurcation PCI & how to perform it correctly and to review the pitfalls of POT and how to avoid them.

Speakers: Goran Stankovic, Jens Flensted Lassen

This interview supported by Medtronic was filmed at PCR...

Watch a series of best clinical cases presented at the PCR e-Course 2020:

• ACS-patient with culprit in a coronary ectasia
• Coronary stenting in an ectatic artery
• Challenging PCI after aortic valve-in-valve implantation
• Cisplatin-induced coronary artery thrombosis presented as ACS
• MOCA I study: microvascular obstruction measured using dMVR
• The many faces of in-stent...

View this hot line from PCR e-Course 2020 on the topic of bifurcation stenting regarding the role of deployment technique in a global registry.

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.

The objective of this analysis was to investigate the potential benefits of FKI in bifurcations treated with new generation ultrathin stents using a 1- or 2-stent technique.