Bifurcation Stenting

Ron Waksman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director Experimental Cardiology and Co-Director, Department of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, USA.

Here is expert guidance on one of the most vexing clinical challenges faced by interventional cardiologists. Written by global thought leaders in the area and edited by two internationally-recognized pioneers in interventional cardiology, Bifurcation Stenting covers all techniques, imaging modalities, and devices in current use, including VH-IVUS and OCT. It includes practical tips/tricks from leading experts and a section of challenging cases to further illustrate the material and help readers better understand the treatment of bifurcation lesions.

Here is expert guidance on one of the most vexing clinical challenges faced by interventional cardiologists.

Contributors, vii
Foreword, x

Acknowledgements, xi

1 Classification of coronary artery bifurcation lesions, 1
Victor Legrand

2 Provisional side branch stenting for the treatment ofbifurcation lesions, 8
Thierry Lef evre and Yves Louvard

3 The Nordic experience, 21
Niels Ramsing Holm, Michael Maeng, Jens Flensted Lassen and LeifThuesen

4 Crush and mini-crush, 34
Alfredo R. Galassi, Salvatore Davide Tomasello, Luca Costanzoand Giombattista Barrano

5 Simultaneous kissing stent technique: A contemporary review,48
Joseph M. Sweeny and Samin K. Sharma

6 Stenting for left main coronary artery bifurcation lesions,57
Seung-Jung Park and Young-Hak Kim

7 Intravascular ultrasound and new imaging in bifurcationstenting, 65
Seung-Jung Park and Soo-Jin Kang

8 Drug-eluting balloons and bifurcations, a new future fortreatment?, 75
Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Anouar Belkacemi, Michiel Voskuil andPieter R. Stella

9 Percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation lesions:Bench testing and the real world, 83
John A. Ormiston, Mark Webster and Bruce Webber

10 Coronary bifurcation stenting and stent thrombosis, 89
Michael Mahmoudi and Ron Waksman

11 Bifurcation angles during the cardiac cycle, 96
Satoko Tahara, Hiram G. Bezerra, Pieter H. Kitslaar, Johan HCReiber and Marco A. Costa

12 OCT in coronary bifurcations, 103
Juan Luis Gutierrez-Chico, Robert Jan van Geuns, Patrick W.Serruys and Evelyn Regar

13 Bifurcation quantitative coronary angiography, 121
Vivian G. Ng and Alexandra J. Lansky

14 Evaluation of a dedicated everolimus coated side branchaccess (SBA) system, 136
Oana Sorop, Heleen M.M. van Beusekom, Evelyn Regar, Li Hui-Ling,Jurgen Ligthart, Katrin Boeke-Purkis and Willem J. van derGiessen

15 Devices: TriReme, 145
Ricardo A. Costa, Gary Binyamin, Eitan Konstantino and AlexandreAbizaid

16 Dedicated bifurcation stents: The petal stent, 153
Frederic De Vroey, John A. Ormiston and Mark Webster

17 The Sideguard Side branch stent, 157
Eberhard Grube

18 XIENCETM side branch access system for the treatment ofbifurcation lesions (XIENCE SBA), 170
Gary M. Idelchik and David G. Rizik

19 The spherical balloon: A new tool to optimize bifurcationtreatment, 178
Remo Albiero

20 Axxess stent, 187
Stefan Verheye, John E. Shulze and Brett Trauthen

Index, 195