Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for left main lesions; a novel strategy to overcome limitations

Tadashi Miyazaki; Vasileios F Panoulas; Katsumasa Sato; Toru Naganuma; Azeem Latib; Antonio Colombo

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.185

Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds for left main lesions; a novel strategy to overcome limitations

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Jul 15;175(1):e11-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.185. Epub 2014 Apr 26.

Authors

Tadashi Miyazaki¹, Vasileios F Panoulas², Katsumasa Sato³, Toru Naganuma³, Azeem Latib³, Antonio Colombo⁴

Affiliations

¹ Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
² Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy; Imperial College London, National Heart and Lung Institute, London, UK.
³ Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy.
⁴ Interventional Cardiology Unit, EMO-GVM Centro Cuore Columbus, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: info@emocolumbus.it.

PMID: 24845788
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.04.185

No abstract available

Keywords: Bifurcation; Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS); Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); Left main stem (LMS); Lumen diameter; Optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Absorbable Implants* / statistics & numerical data
Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging
Coronary Artery Disease / surgery*
Drug-Eluting Stents* / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / instrumentation
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / methods*
Radiography
Tissue Scaffolds* / statistics & numerical data
Ultrasonography