Bifurcation lesions

Over the last five years, we have learned that there is a new tool for treating calcium, the greatest enemy of interventional cardiology, which can take various forms: intravascular lithotripsy. In this session, look at how to master this technique in different scenarios, from eccentric calcified...

Broaden your knowledge in CTO interventions in this session: delve into the complexities of managing refractory angina, gain insights into the unique challenges of anomalous and ectatic RCA CTOs, explore effective techniques using separate cornus branch in LAD treatment, and discover how to address unexpected complications...

Join us in this session on left main interventions and explore the challenges and strategies for left main PCI in complex cases, from minimalist approaches in limited-resource settings to complex procedures like percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with IVUS guidance.

This sub-analysis of EBC MAIN aimed to determine if intracoronary imaging use during LM bifurcation PCI was associated with fewer MACE, for patients treated with a planned dual‐stenting strategy versus provisional strategy.

Dejan Milasinovic provides his take on the final results of the OCTOBER trial which were presented by Lene Nyhus Andreasen during the ESC 2023 congress in Amsterdam.

The investigator initiated, multicentre, randomised, EBC TWO trial compared a provisional strategy with a systematic culotte technique in patients with true non-LMS bifurcation disease. At one year, there was no difference between the groups in terms of the composite endpoint of all-cause mortality, MI or TVR....

Provisional stenting (PS) is the default approach for treating most coronary bifurcation lesions (CBL). The side branch (SB) can be compromised after main vessel (MV) stenting in up to 6-18 % of cases. The 17th Expert consensus document of the European Bifurcation Club details strategies for...

Watch the replay of the 4th webinar of this series on bifurcation with G. Stankovic, N. Gonzalo and A. Banning. You will learn to understand the mechanisms of in-stent restenosis following left main PCI and much more.

Watch the replay of the 3rd webinar of this series on bifurcation with G. Stankovic, T. Johnson and M. Lesiak. You will revisit optimal steps of DK Crush and much more.

Gabor Toth and Mariano Pellicano share some thoughts and perspectives on the role of coronary physiology and imaging in complex bifurcation PCI.

While physiology is an invaluable aid in understanding the functional relevance of a stenosis or circumflex bifurcation, imaging is a fantastic tool for understanding anatomy, for monitoring...