Minding the gap between left main and branch vessels: Second-generation self-apposing, balloon-expandable, drug-eluting stent on trifurcated unprotected left main

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jul 1:214:151-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.171. Epub 2016 Mar 29.

Authors

Antonio Montefusco¹, Sebastiano Gili², Fabrizio D'Ascenzo¹, Pierluigi Omedé¹, Claudio Moretti¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Medical Sciences, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Electronic address: sebastiano.gili@gmail.com.

PMID: 27061649
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.03.171

No abstract available

Keywords: Bifurcation; Left main; Self-expandable stent; Trifurcation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / methods*
Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging*
Drug-Eluting Stents*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / therapy*