title: Successful treatment of trifurcation and quadrifurcation lesions using a minimal protrusion balloon crush technique.
abstract: Percutaneous treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions remains a challenging aspect of interventional cardiology, but the approach to trifurcation and quadrifurcation lesions can be considered "double jeopardy." We describe two cases of trifurcation and one case of quadrifurcation that were treated percutaneously using a "minimal protrusion balloon crush technique." Immediate and long-term results were favorable with this approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. kranjbar@ualberta.ca
authors.forename: Keysun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alizadehranjbar
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Brass
authors.forename: Pokee
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Raymond
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hui
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002404:Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome