Crush, culotte, t and protrusion: Which 2-stent technique for treatment of true bifurcation lesions?: Insights from in vitro experiments and micro-computed tomography

Circulation Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Foin, Nicolas ^a   Alegria Barrero, Eduardo ^b   Torii, Ryo ^a   Chan, Pak H ^b   Viceconte, N ^b   Davies, Justin E ^a   Di Mario, Carlo ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcations; Malapposition; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Stents

Indexed keywords

EVEROLIMUS; PACLITAXEL; RAPAMYCIN; ZOTAROLIMUS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BIFURCATION LESION; CORONARY STENT; CRUSH STENT TECHNIQUE; CULOTTE STENT TECHNIQUE; DRUG ELUTING STENT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEAR RATE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; T AND PROTRUSION STENT TECHNIQUE;

DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84871681721     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0272     Document Type: Article

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