title: Contemporary Approach to Coronary Bifurcation Lesion Treatment.
abstract: Coronary bifurcations are frequent and account for approximately 20% of all percutaneous coronary interventions. Nonetheless, they remain one of the most challenging lesion subsets in interventional cardiology in terms of a lower procedural success rate and increased rates of long-term adverse cardiac events. Provisional side branch stenting should be the default approach in the majority of cases and we propose easily applicable and reproducible stepwise techniques associated with low risk of failure and complications.
authors.affiliation: Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Massy and Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Quincy, France.
authors.forename: Fadi J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Sawaya
authors.affiliation: Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Massy and Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Quincy, France.
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lefèvre
authors.affiliation: Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Massy and Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Quincy, France.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chevalier
authors.affiliation: Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Massy and Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Quincy, France.
authors.forename: Phillipe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Garot
authors.affiliation: Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Massy and Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Quincy, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hovasse
authors.affiliation: Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Massy and Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Quincy, France.
authors.forename: Marie-Claude
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Morice
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: Tanveer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rab
authors.affiliation: Ramsay-Générale de Santé, Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud, Hôpital Privé Jacques Cartier, Massy and Hôpital Privé Claude Galien, Quincy, France. Electronic address: y.louvard@angio-icps.com.
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Louvard
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D062906:Cardiac Catheters; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible
keywords: 2-stent techniques; bench testing; coronary bifurcation; provisional side branch stenting strategy; proximal stent optimization; wall shear stress