Stenting with a true bifurcated stent: Acute and mid-term follow-up results

Percutaneous therapy of coronary bifurcated lesions is associated with grea ter risk of acute complications and late restenosis. Numerous innovative te chniques using various stent types have been proposed. We report the first clinical use of a truly bifurcated stent (Bard XT Carina), The implantation procedure, favorable medium-term angiographic and 1-year clinical follow-u p of the first human use in a 43-year-old female are illustrated with angio graphy and intravascular ultrasound. As a single prosthesis that effectivel y covers the bifurcation, this stent presents appealing alternative for the treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions when compared to methods that in volve multiple-stent implantation. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 47:361-36 9, 1999. (C) 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc.