John Ormiston & Ron Waksman 
Bifurcation Stenting 

Here is expert guidance on one of the most vexing clinical challenges faced by interventional cardiologists. Written by global thought leaders in the area and edited by two internationally-recognized pioneers in interventional cardiology, Bifurcation Stenting covers all techniques, imaging modalities, and devices in current use, including VH-IVUS and OCT. It includes practical tips/tricks from leading experts and a section of challenging cases to further illustrate the material and help readers better understand the treatment of bifurcation lesions.

Table des matières

Contributors, vii

Foreword, x

Acknowledgements, xi

1 Classification of coronary artery bifurcation lesions, 1

Victor Legrand

2 Provisional side branch stenting for the treatment of
bifurcation lesions, 8

Thierry Lef evre and Yves Louvard

3 The Nordic experience, 21

Niels Ramsing Holm, Michael Maeng, Jens Flensted Lassen and Leif
Thuesen

4 Crush and mini-crush, 34

Alfredo R. Galassi, Salvatore Davide Tomasello, Luca Costanzo
and Giombattista Barrano

5 Simultaneous kissing stent technique: A contemporary review,
48

Joseph M. Sweeny and Samin K. Sharma

6 Stenting for left main coronary artery bifurcation lesions,
57

Seung-Jung Park and Young-Hak Kim

7 Intravascular ultrasound and new imaging in bifurcation
stenting, 65

Seung-Jung Park and Soo-Jin Kang

8 Drug-eluting balloons and bifurcations, a new future for
treatment?, 75

Pierfrancesco Agostoni, Anouar Belkacemi, Michiel Voskuil and
Pieter R. Stella

9 Percutaneous coronary intervention for bifurcation lesions:
Bench testing and the real world, 83

John A. Ormiston, Mark Webster and Bruce Webber

10 Coronary bifurcation stenting and stent thrombosis, 89

Michael Mahmoudi and Ron Waksman

11 Bifurcation angles during the cardiac cycle, 96

Satoko Tahara, Hiram G. Bezerra, Pieter H. Kitslaar, Johan HC
Reiber and Marco A. Costa

12 OCT in coronary bifurcations, 103

Juan Luis Gutierrez-Chico, Robert Jan van Geuns, Patrick W.
Serruys and Evelyn Regar

13 Bifurcation quantitative coronary angiography, 121

Vivian G. Ng and Alexandra J. Lansky

14 Evaluation of a dedicated everolimus coated side branch
access (SBA) system, 136

Oana Sorop, Heleen M.M. van Beusekom, Evelyn Regar, Li Hui-Ling,
Jurgen Ligthart, Katrin Boeke-Purkis and Willem J. van der
Giessen

15 Devices: Tri Reme, 145

Ricardo A. Costa, Gary Binyamin, Eitan Konstantino and Alexandre
Abizaid

16 Dedicated bifurcation stents: The petal stent, 153

Frederic De Vroey, John A. Ormiston and Mark Webster

17 The Sideguard Side branch stent, 157

Eberhard Grube

18 XIENCETM side branch access system for the treatment of
bifurcation lesions (XIENCE SBA), 170

Gary M. Idelchik and David G. Rizik

19 The spherical balloon: A new tool to optimize bifurcation
treatment, 178

Remo Albiero

20 Axxess stent, 187

Stefan Verheye, John E. Shulze and Brett Trauthen

Index, 195

A propos de l’auteur

Ron Waksman, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director Experimental Cardiology and Co-Director, Department of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington DC, USA.