Feasibility and efficacy of an ultra-short side branch-dedicated balloon in coronary bifurcation stenting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Side branch (SB) dilation with an ultra-short balloon after main vessel (MV) stenting may minimise stent failure in coronary bifurcation lesions.

Aims

We sought to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of the Glider balloon (GB), a side branch (SB)-dedicated balloon 4 mm in length, in coronary bifurcation stenting.

Methods

In bench testing, stent configuration was examined with micro-focus computed tomography after crossover stenting followed by GB dilation or kissing balloon inflation (KBI). In the clinical study we performed GB dilatation after MV stenting for 207 lesions in 194 patients. Failure of the GB dilation and additional procedures due to inducible stent failure were investigated as well as adverse cardiac events at 1-year follow-up.

Result

SUBMITTER: Murasato Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9724956 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature