A novel stenting technique for coronary artery bifurcation stenosis

A novel stenting technique, using one stent strategy, designed to treat type Medina 1,0,0 coronary bifurcation lesions, is described. The atherosclerotic plaque burden in this category of bifurcation lesions is located in the proximal segment of the main branch (MB) of a coronary bifurcation in which the side branch has a sharp angulation (T‐ or reverse‐shaped) relative to the MB. The advantages of this technique are the accurate placement of the stent tailored to cover solely the bifurcation lesion, shoving the plaque burden away from the side branch ostium during stent expansion and the ability to maintain guide wire access in the branch at highest risk of occlusion obviating the need for more cumbersome and time consuming percutaneous coronary intervention procedure. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.