Bifurcations      1984-2001

TCTMD Expert Presentations  

Complex Stenting: Bifurcations T. Lefevre  
Emerging Clinical Indications for Coronary Stenting M. Morice  
The Interventional Approach to Bifurcation Lesions I. Moussa  

TCT 2001 Abstracts

An In-Vitro Assessment of Stent Geometry for Bifurcation Lesions After Kissing Balloon Inflation
Prospective T-Stenting of Bifurcation Lesions Using a Novel Approach with Simultaneous Stent Positioning Results in High Procedural Success with Improved Clinical Outcomes
Clinical Experience with a Novel Stent and Delivery System for Bifurcation Lesions
Direct Stenting for Bifurcation Lesions in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Preliminary Results of a Pilot Study

CCT 2001 The Book
Chapter 8. Bifurcation lesion

Directional atherectomy prior to stenting in bifurcation lesions: a matched comparison study with stenting alone
Karvouni E, et al.
Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2001;53:12-20
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11329211 

Immediate and long-term clinical and angiographic results from Wiktor stent treatment for true bifurcation narrowings 
Anzuini A, et al. 
Am J Cardiol 2001;88:1246-50 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11728351 

TCT 2000 Expert Presentation Slides 

Interventional Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions
  Reimers B and Colombo A
  Centro Cuore, Milano; Lenox Hill Hospital, New York.
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Immediate and long-term results of "T" stenting for bifurcation coronary lesions
  Sheiban I || Colombo A
  Am J Cardiol 2000;85:1141-4, A9
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0010781768
The technique of "T" stenting provides excellent immediate results. However, long-term outcome with a restenosis rate of 63% is not encouraging.

Bifurcation lesions: two stents versus one stent: immediate and follow-up results
 
Yamashita T || Colombo A
  J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;35:1145-51 
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0010758954
For the treatment of true bifurcation lesions, a complex strategy of stenting both vessels provided no advantage in terms of procedural success and late outcome versus a simpler strategy of stenting only the parent vessel.

The skirt technique: A stenting technique to treat a lesion immediately proximal to the bifurcation (pseudobifurcation)
 
Kobayashi Y || Moses JW
  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2000;51:347-51
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0011066124
With this technique, a stent is mounted on two balloon catheters and advanced into the lesion immediately proximal to the bifurcation until the distal portion of the balloon catheters enters each branch at the bifurcation. This is followed by kissing balloon inflation for stent deployment. In all the 10 cases reported, the final angiogram showed a good result at the lesion site and no ostial compromise of any of the branches.

Stenting of bifurcation lesions: classification, treatments, and results [see Editorial]
  Lefevre T || Piechaud JF
  Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2000;49:274-83
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0010700058
This single-center observational study evaluated a strategy of systematic coronary stenting in bifurcation lesions involving a side branch > 2.2 mm ( 373 bifurcation lesions treated in 35 months). The main branch (2.78 +/- 0.42 mm reference diameter) was stented in 96.3% of cases and the side branch (2.44 +/- 0.43 mm) in 63.2% (the two branches were stented in 59.5% of cases). At 7-months, MACE rate was 21.6%, including a TVR rate of 17.2%. Results were influenced not only by the learning curve but also by the use of tubular stents in the main branch and by final kissing balloon inflation.

Immediate and long-term outcome of intracoronary stent implantation for true bifurcation lesions
 
Al Suwaidi J || Holmes DR Jr.
  J Am Coll Cardiol 2000;35:929-36
  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=0010732890
In this study, 131 patients with bifurcation lesions were treated with > or =1 stent. Patients were divided in Group 1 ( 77 patients treated with a stent in one branch and PTCA, with or without atherectomy, in the side branch), and Group 2 (54 patients who underwent stent deployment in both branches: 19 Y-stenting and  33 T-stenting). At 1 year, MACE rate was not different between the 2 groups. MACE were higher with Y-stenting compared with T- stenting (86.3% vs. 30.4%, p = 0.004). In conclusion, stenting of both branches offers no advantage over stenting one branch and performing balloon angioplasty of the other branch.

Rotational atherectomy for bifurcation lesions of the coronary circulation: technique and initial experience
Rihal CS, et al.
Int J Cardiol 1998;65:1-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=9699924

Coronary interventions at a crossroads: the bifurcation stenosis
Oesterle SN.
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998;32:1853-4.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=9857862

Mechanical debulking versus balloon angioplasty for the treatment of true bifurcation lesions
Dauerman HL, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 1998;32:1845-52.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=9857861

Placement of coronary stents in bifurcation lesions by the "culotte" technique
Chevalier B, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1998;82:943-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=9794349

Coronary stenting of bifurcation lesions using "T" or "reverse Y" configuration with Wiktor stent
Carrie D, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1998;82:1418-21, A8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=9856930

Angioplasty and stenting of an unprotected left main bifurcation lesion
Morrison DA, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1997;41:174-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=9184292

New balloon expandable stent for bifurcation lesions
Lowe HC, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1997;42:235-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=9328720

Outcome of narrowing related side branches after high-speed rotational atherectomy
Walton AS, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1996;77:370-3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8602565

Kissing Palmaz-Schatz stents for coronary bifurcation stenoses
Teirstein PS.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1996;37:307-10.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8974813

The V-stent: a novel technique for coronary bifurcation stenting
Schampaert E, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1996;39:320-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8933984

Procedural outcome and follow-up results of balloon angioplasty versus new device interventions for treatment of true bifurcation stenoses
Gambhir DS, et al.
Indian Heart J 1996;48:389-94, 430.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8908827

Coronary 'Y' stenting: a technique for angioplasty of bifurcation stenoses
Fort S, et al.
Can J Cardiol 1996;12:678-82.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8689539

Pullback atherectomy (PAC) for the treatment of complex bifurcation coronary artery disease
Fischell TA, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1996;38:218-21.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8776534

"T"-shaped stent placement: a technique for the treatment of dissected bifurcation lesions
Carrie D, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1996;37:311-3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8974814

Stent jail: a minimum-security prison
Caputo RP, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1996;77:1226-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8651101

A comparison of debulking versus dilatation of bifurcation coronary arterial narrowings (from the CAVEAT I Trial). Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial-I
Brener SJ, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1996;78:1039-41.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8916485

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of aorta ostial, non- aorta ostial, and branch ostial stenoses: acute and long-term outcome
Tan KH, et al.
Eur Heart J 1995;16:631-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=7588894

Follow-up patency of side branches covered by intracoronary Palmaz- Schatz stent
Pan M, et al.
Am Heart J 1995;129:436-40.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=7872167

Techniques for Palmaz-Schatz stent deployment in lesions with a large side branch
Nakamura S, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1995;34:353-61.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=7621549

Coronary angioplasty of bifurcational lesions with the protecting branch technique using 6 French guiding catheter
Metz D, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1995;35:343-7; discussion 348-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=7497508

Coronary angioplasty of branch vessels associated with an extreme angle take-off
Gershony G, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1995;36:356-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8719391

Directional atherectomy for the dilatation of bifurcation stenoses in the coronary arteries
Gambhir DS, et al.
Indian Heart J 1995;47:115-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=7590835

Fate of side branches after intracoronary implantation of the Gianturco- Roubin flex-stent for acute or threatened closure after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Mazur W, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1994;74:1207-10.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=7977091

Acute procedural results in the treatment of 30 coronary artery bifurcation lesions with a double-wire atherectomy technique for side- branch protection
Lewis BE, et al.
Am Heart J 1994;127:1600-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8197989

Side-branch occlusion with directional coronary atherectomy: incidence and risk factors
Campos-Esteve MA, et al.
Am Heart J 1994;128:686-90.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=7942438

Impact of directional atherectomy on adjacent branch vessels
Altmann DB, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1993;72:351-3.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=8342518

Coronary angioplasty of bifurcational lesions without protection of large side branches
Ciampricotti R, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1992;27:191-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=1423574

Salvage of branch vessels during bifurcation lesion angioplasty: acute and long-term follow-up
Weinstein JS, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1991;22:1-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=1995167

Angioplasty of coronary bifurcation stenoses: immediate and long-term results of the protecting branch technique
Renkin J, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1991;22:167-73.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2013078

The kissing balloon technique with two over-the-wire balloon catheters through a single 8-French guiding catheter
den Heijer P, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1991;23:47-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=1863962

Lesions in side branches of arteries having undergone percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: a histopathologic study
Morimoto S, et al.
Am Heart J 1990;120:864-72.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2220539

A new approach for dilation of bifurcation stenoses: the dual probe technique
O'Keefe JH, Jr., et al.
Mayo Clin Proc 1989;64:277-81.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2523013

Coronary bifurcation stenoses: the kissing balloon Probe technique via a single guiding catheter
Myler RK, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1989;16:267-78.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2523247

Simplified two-wire technique for bifurcation lesions during coronary angioplasty
Bowser MA, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1989;16:136-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2521574

Side branch occlusion during coronary angioplasty: incidence, angiographic characteristics, and outcome
Arora RR, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1989;18:210-2.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2605622

Simultaneous double balloon coronary angioplasty through a single guiding catheter for bifurcation lesions
Thomas ES, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1988;15:260-4
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2976308

Angioplasty techniques for stenoses involving coronary artery bifurcations
Oesterle SN.
Am J Cardiol 1988;61:29G-32G.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2966562

Double-wire angioplasty of the right coronary artery bifurcational stenosis
Nath A, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1988;14:37-40
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2964903

Double long-wire technique for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty for narrowings at major bifurcations
Vallbracht C, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1987;60:907-9.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2959142

Three-wire technique: a unique approach to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of a trifurcation lesion
Hartzler GO.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1987;13:174-7.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2954646

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of a bifurcation narrowing using the kissing wire monorail balloon technique
Finci L, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1987;60:375-6.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2956851

Angioplasty at coronary bifurcations: single-guide, two-wire technique
Oesterle SN, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1986;12:57-63
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2937537

"Crossing balloons:" a new technique for complex angioplasty
Nakhjavan FK, et al.
J Am Coll Cardiol 1986;8:980-1.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2944938

Balloon angioplasty of coronary bifurcation lesions: the kissing balloon technique
George BS, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1986;12:124-38
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=2939962

Effects of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty on lesion- associated branches
Vetrovec GW, et al.
Am Heart J 1985;109:921-5.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=3158186

Angioplasty for dilatation of complex coronary artery bifurcation stenoses
Pinkerton CA, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1985;55:1626-8.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=3159252

Experience with a technique for coronary angioplasty of bifurcational lesions
Zack PM, et al.
Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn 1984;10:433-43
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=6240319

Risk of side branch occlusion during coronary angioplasty
Meier B, et al.
Am J Cardiol 1984;53:10-4.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=6229173

Kissing balloon coronary angioplasty
Meier B.
Am J Cardiol 1984;54:918-20.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?db=m&form=6&dopt=r&uid=6237573