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Successful treatment of a bifurcation lesion with the Carina Bard stent: A case report
Author(s) -
Colombo Antonio,
Airoldi Flavio,
Sheiban Imad,
Di Mario Carlo
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(199909)48:1<89::aid-ccd18>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - medicine , lesion , stent , bifurcation , diagonal , radiology , surgery , geometry , nonlinear system , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics
In the last years new techniques and user‐friendly stents have improved the results of stent implantation in coronary bifurcational lesions but difficulties in stent deployment and incomplete coverage of the bifurcation remain a problem. We describe the case of a proximal lesion of the anterior descending artery involving a large diagonal branch treated with the Carina Bard bifurcate stent, a new device that allows the complete immediate coverage of a bifurcational lesion with a single stent. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 48:89–92, 1999. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.