title: Coronary artery bifurcation with chronic total occlusion: A "biodegradable" strategy for a challenging treatment with optical coherence tomography analysis.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology, "P.Giaccone" Universitary Hospital of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Inga
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology, "P.Giaccone" Universitary Hospital of Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: dariobuccheri@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Buccheri
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology, "P.Giaccone" Universitary Hospital of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Piraino
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology, "P.Giaccone" Universitary Hospital of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carella
authors.affiliation: Interventional Cardiology, "P.Giaccone" Universitary Hospital of Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andolina
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002908:Chronic Disease; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); Bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS); Coronary artery bifurcation lesion; Drug coated balloon (DCB); Optical coherence tomography (OCT)