Posted in Cardiology -Interventional -PCI, Infrequently asked questions in cardiology (iFAQs), tagged acc, acs, bifurcation angioplasty, cardiology, coronary, cypher, des, drsvenkatesan, drug eluting stent, europcr, jacc, medina, nejm, pci, primary pci, ptca, scai, side branch, stenting, taxus, tctmd, unstable angina, xience v on September 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are numerous complex grading for bifurcation lesions available.
The one proposed by Medina is simple and most useful.
In this grading three segments
Proximal main vessel
Distal main vessel
Branch vessel
Are given a code 0, and 1 if lesion is present or absent .
This grading gives simple and fast method to label a bifurcatiuon lesion and to asssess the [...]
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