RUDN Journal of Medicine (Sep 2010)

«Provisional-t» stenting: possible risk factors

  • Z K Shugushev,
  • M Y Movsesyants,
  • D A Maksimkin,
  • V Y Baranovich,
  • G I Veretnik,
  • A G Faybushevich,
  • U V Tarichko

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 3
pp. 25 – 30

Abstract

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Presented by the study, which included 68 patients suffering from coronary artery disease and having a true bifurcation stenosis of the coronary arteries. Which. All patients correction of bifurcation lesions was carried out using the technique «provisional T» stenting. Analysis of clinical histories and angiographic characteristics of patients allowed to identify possible risk factors in the performance of «provisional T» stenting, the most significant of which is the angle of bifurcation of 2,1 mm, calcification of both branches of the bifurcation, the diameter of the lateral branch > 2,3 mm, presence of diabetes and the degree of risk on a scale of SYNTAX.

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