Multimodality imaging results of TAP versus novel modified TAP stenting in coronary bifurcation: From bench testing to first-in-man investigation.

Objectives: We investigated the results of T and small protrusion (TAP) versus a novel modification of TAP (mTAP) stenting by multimodality imaging in bench testing and in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions (CBL).

Background: TAP stenting is a suboptimal technique for bailout side branch (SB) stenting.

Methods: In a bench model, optical coherence tomography (OCT), microscopic examinations (ME), and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) were performed after TAP and mTAP stenting.

Polymer Coating Integrity, Thrombogenicity and Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis of Provisional Stenting Technique in the Left Main Bifurcation Setting: Insights from an In-Vitro Model.

Currently, the provisional stenting technique is the gold standard in revascularization of lesions located in the left main (LM) bifurcation. The benefit of the routine kissing balloon technique (KBI) in bifurcation lesions is still debated, particularly following the single stent treatment. We compared the latest-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) with no side branch (SB) dilatation "keep it open" technique (KIO) vs.

Stent malapposition generates stent thrombosis: Insights from a thrombosis model.

Background: Currently, there exists differing conclusions on the role of acute stent malapposition and its role in stent thrombosis (ST). The European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI) consensus recommends that acute malapposition <0.4 mm with longitudinal extension <1 mm need not be corrected since there is no clear correlation of malapposition with adverse clinical outcomes.