title: Strategy for optimal side-branch positioning of bioresorbable vascular scaffolds in dedicated 2-stent techniques: insights from optical coherence tomography.
abstract: We present a case of a left anterior descending artery/diagonal branch bifurcation successfully treated with a dedicated 2-stent technique utilizing bioresorbable vascular scaffolds, where the bifurcation angle did not strictly allow a T-stenting approach. We also propose a strategy to avoid or reduce scaffold overlap in the main branch, especially important in view of the bulkier size of these novel devices.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Charis
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Costopoulos
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Katsumasa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Naganuma
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy; Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.
authors.forename: Vasileios F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Panoulas
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Filippo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Figini
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Azeem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Latib
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: info@emocolumbus.it.
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Colombo
mesh_terms: D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Bifurcation lesion; Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds; T-stenting