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Dedicated bifurcation stents offer a novel approach for bifurcation PCI, though complex delivery techniques and anatomical demands currently limit their routine use.
Dedicated bifurcation stents offer a novel approach for complex bifurcation PCI, though their routine use remains challenging due to complex delivery techniques.
Limits routine adoption of dedicated bifurcation stents; leaves open their selective role pending randomized trials.
Bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is still a difficult call for the interventionist despite advancements in the instrumentation, technical skill and the imaging modalities. With major cardiac events relate to the side-branch (SB) compromise, the concept and practice of dedicated bifurcation stents seems exciting. Several designs of such dedicated stents are currently undergoing trials. This novel concept and pristine technology offers new hope notwithstanding the fact that we need to go a long way in widespread acceptance and practice of these gadgets. Some of these designs even though looks enterprising, the mere complex delivering technique and the demanding knowledge of the exact coronary anatomy makes their routine use challenging.
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Pillai et al. (2012) conducted a review in Bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Dedicated bifurcation stents was evaluated. Dedicated bifurcation stents offer a novel approach for bifurcation PCI, though complex delivery techniques and anatomical demands currently limit their routine use.
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