Bifurcations
Bifurcations
The stent treatment of bifurcation lesions is limited by restenosis at the side branch ostium. A recent study evaluating a novel self-expanding, bare metal stent with anatomic funnel-shaped flaring at the SB ostium suggests that the increase in stent area due to the device preserved side branch ostial lumen dimensions and compensated for development of intimal hyperplasia. Click Here
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In coronary artery stents, the coverage of the internal structures with neo-intimal formation has been regarded as a negative development leading to restenosis and loss of luminal space in the blood...
Coronary artery bifurcations are at an increased risk of the development of coronary atherosclerosis because of turbulent flow and low shear stress. Bifurcation lesions account for between 8% and 22%...
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In 2007, the ACC/AHA Task Force performed a focused update of the 2005 guidelines for percutaneous coronary interventions to revise existing guideline recommendations that are affected by evolving...
To give practically oriented recommendations on when to perform percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) on the basis of currently available published data derived from randomized and nonrandomized...
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