Modified T-stenting with intentional protrusion of the side-branch stent within the main vessel stent to ensure ostial coverage and facilitate final kissing balloon: The T-stenting and small protrusion technique (TAP-Stenting). Report of bench testing and first clinical Italian-Korean two-centre experience

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Burzotta, Francesco ^a,d   Gwon, Hyeon Cheol ^b,e   Hahn, Joo Yong ^b   Romagnoli, Enrico ^a   Choi, Jin Ho ^b   Trani, Carlo ^a   Colombo, Antonio ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d Samsung Medical Centre ^*  (Italy)

^e Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Percutaneous coronary interventions; Stent

Indexed keywords

ABT 578; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; TICLOPIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOTAROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; KOREA; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR PATENCY;

AGED; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACLITAXEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SIROLIMUS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34447125064     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21194     Document Type: Article

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