title: Dedicated bifurcation stents.
abstract: Bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is still a difficult call for the interventionist despite advancements in the instrumentation, technical skill and the imaging modalities. With major cardiac events relate to the side-branch (SB) compromise, the concept and practice of dedicated bifurcation stents seems exciting. Several designs of such dedicated stents are currently undergoing trials. This novel concept and pristine technology offers new hope notwithstanding the fact that we need to go a long way in widespread acceptance and practice of these gadgets. Some of these designs even though looks enterprising, the mere complex delivering technique and the demanding knowledge of the exact coronary anatomy makes their routine use challenging.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India. ajithanantha@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ajith Ananthakrishna
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Pillai
authors.forename: Balachander
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jayaraman
mesh_terms: D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000628:therapy; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents