Successful treatment of trifurcation and quadrifurcation lesions using a minimal protrusion balloon crush technique.
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.
Alizadehranjbar
Keysun
K
Department of Cardiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. kranjbar@ualberta.ca
Brass
Neil
N
Cheung
Pokee
P
Leung
Raymond
R
Chan
Michael
M
Hui
William
W
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