Volume 70, Issue 5 pp. 708-712
Coronary Artery Disease

Rescue inverse crush: A way of get out of trouble

Shinichi Furuichi MD

Shinichi Furuichi MD

Invasive Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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Flavio Airoldi MD

Flavio Airoldi MD

Invasive Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

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Antonio Colombo MD

Corresponding Author

Antonio Colombo MD

Invasive Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Invasive Cardiology Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 60, Milan 20132, ItalySearch for more papers by this author
First published: 11 October 2007
Citations: 10

Abstract

This report describes a technique for bailout stenting in treating coronary bifurcation lesion when the side branch (SB) is compromised after stent implantation in the main branch (MB) and there are difficulties to negotiate the guidewire from the MB into the true lumen of a dissection of the SB. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.

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