Coronary artery bifurcation with chronic total occlusion: A "biodegradable" strategy for a challenging treatment with optical coherence tomography analysis

Giuseppe Inga; Dario Buccheri; Davide Piraino; Michele Carella; Giuseppe Andolina

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.05.055

Coronary artery bifurcation with chronic total occlusion: A "biodegradable" strategy for a challenging treatment with optical coherence tomography analysis

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Sep 1:218:23-24. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.05.055. Epub 2016 May 14.

Authors

Giuseppe Inga¹, Dario Buccheri², Davide Piraino¹, Michele Carella¹, Giuseppe Andolina¹

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology, "P.Giaccone" Universitary Hospital of Palermo, Italy.
² Interventional Cardiology, "P.Giaccone" Universitary Hospital of Palermo, Italy. Electronic address: dariobuccheri@gmail.com.

PMID: 27232906
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.05.055

No abstract available

Keywords: Bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); Bioresorbable vascular scaffold (BVS); Coronary artery bifurcation lesion; Drug coated balloon (DCB); Optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Absorbable Implants* / statistics & numerical data
Chronic Disease
Coronary Angiography / methods
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*
Treatment Outcome