title: Protection of side-branches in coronary lesions with a new stent design.
abstract: Side-branches often complicate stenting of coronary lesions. We investigated a new stent, characterized by four wider cells in its center, which can be expanded up to 3.5 mm and which are meant to be placed over the ostium of a major side-branch. Forty-seven consecutive patients with lesions involving 48 side-branches received one side-branch stent each. Stent deployment was successful in all patients. Twenty-five side-branches needed additional treatment. Nineteen side-branches received a PTCA, and 6 additional side-branches were stented. Postinterventional CK-(creatine kinase) elevation was observed in 3 patients (6%). One additional patient was sent for CABG on the day of the procedure due to loss of a stent intended to be placed into the side-branch. The investigated stent proved to be a safe and effective tool to treat this complex subgroup of stenoses in the presence of favorably preserved flow in the side-branches, with a low incidence of periprocedural complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. baldus@uke.uni-hamburg.de
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baldus
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Reimers
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Terres
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Münzel
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brockhoff
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Meinertz
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents