Necessity and proper way of intermediate kissing balloon dilation for culotte stenting: further insights from bench testing

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate whether intermediate kissing balloon dilation (IKBD) is necessary during mini-culotte stenting (MCS) and how it can be properly conducted.Methods: MCS was emulated in a bifurcation model with a branch diameter difference (BDD) in three-step sizes o...

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Main Authors: Wei Cai, Lianglong Chen, Linlin Zhang, Zhixiong Wei, Sheng Tu, Lin Fan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Interventional Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096360219300511