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Bifurcation lesions

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The percutaneous treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions is very dynamic with an ongoing evolution in clinical approaches and techniques and the management of more complex cases continuing to evolve. Keep up-to-date about all these changes along with the latest research and devices as well as advances in imaging, the use of adjunctive pharmacotherapy, vascular access or understanding bleeding risks. Use the filters below to access PCRonline resources.

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Proximal optimisation technique (POT) in bifurcation stenting

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...

Proximal optimisation technique

PCR e-Course 2020 Clinical cases

25 Jun 2020 – From PCR e-Course 2020

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...
PCR e-Course Clinical cases

Hotlines and innovations on bifurcation lesions - PCR e-Course 2020

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.

Hotlines and innovations on bifurcation lesions - PCR e-Course 2020

How to treat ostial lesions with Szabo’s technique?

28 May 2020

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...

Felix Damas De Los Santos

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Felix Damas De Los Santos
Julio I. Farjat Pasos

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Julio I. Farjat Pasos
Marco A. Peña Cabral

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Marco A. Peña Cabral
Eduardo A. Arias Sánchez

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Eduardo Arias
My toolkit: How to treat ostial lesions with Szabo’s technique?

How to bend a coronary wire for difficult side branch access?

23 Apr 2020

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...

Mohammad A. Al Ahmad

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Mohammad A. Al Ahmad
Dr. Christoph K. Naber

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Christoph Naber

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Bettina Gerlach
How to bend a coronary wire for difficult side branch access?

Why and how to perform Proximal Optimisation Technique (POT)

17 Apr 2020

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.

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Zlatko Mehmedbegovic

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Dario Jelic

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Goran Stankovic
My toolkit: Why and how to perform Proximal Optimisation Technique (POT)

Bifurcation Exploration website: Bifurcation visualisations from a whole new perspective

27 Mar 2020

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.

Bifurcation Exploration website: Bifurcation visualisations from a whole new perspective

Impact of kissing balloon in patients treated with ultrathin stents for left main lesions and bifurcations: an analysis from the RAIN-CARDIOGROUP VII study

26 Mar 2020

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.

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Ali Nazmi Calik
Panagiotis Xaplanteris

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Panagiotis Xaplanteris
Impact of kissing balloon in patients treated with ultrathin stents for left main lesions and bifurcations: an analysis from the RAIN-CARDIOGROUP VII study

Best of PCRonline in 2019

13 Jan 2020

Thank you to the thousands of cardiologists and healthcare professionals whose contribution to the website provides the community with a valuable, free resource of education in cardiovascular interventions - this embodies the By and For that sets PCRonline apart! Thanks to you, over half a million...

Best of PCRonline in 2019

Interactive Case Corner 1 - Thrombosed AVG, bifurcation lesions & diffuse CAD

18 Dec 2019 – From GulfPCR-GIM 2019

Consult this session to discover a selection of challenging clinical cases, such as myocardial revascularisation in diffuse CAD, PCI of bifurcation lesion with DK crush technique, angioplasty of totally thrombosed arteriovenous graft, and more!

Interactive Case Corner 1 - Thrombosed AVG, bifurcation lesions & diffuse CAD