TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons from the GHOST-EU registry
AU - Latib, Azeem
AU - Capodanno, Davide
AU - Lesiak, Maciej
AU - Tamburino, Corrado
AU - Colombo, Antonio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Bifurcations are increasingly being treated with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) and accounted for about 25% of patients treated in the large multicentre GHOST-EU registry. This registry, along with bench testing, has provided a glimpse of the techniques and limitations of treating bifurcations with BVS. The provisional strategy remains the default approach to bifurcation treatment with BVS. If correctly performed, SB dilatation, T-kissing inflation, crossover to side branch stenting and elective double stenting are feasible without causing scaffold disruption. Theoretically, when the scaffolds are resorbed, the normal bifurcation anatomy, flow and vascular function will be restored, while jailed SBs will be liberated. However, data from the GHOST-EU registry are awaited to confirm the long-term safety and efficacy of BVS in coronary bifurcations.
AB - Bifurcations are increasingly being treated with bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) and accounted for about 25% of patients treated in the large multicentre GHOST-EU registry. This registry, along with bench testing, has provided a glimpse of the techniques and limitations of treating bifurcations with BVS. The provisional strategy remains the default approach to bifurcation treatment with BVS. If correctly performed, SB dilatation, T-kissing inflation, crossover to side branch stenting and elective double stenting are feasible without causing scaffold disruption. Theoretically, when the scaffolds are resorbed, the normal bifurcation anatomy, flow and vascular function will be restored, while jailed SBs will be liberated. However, data from the GHOST-EU registry are awaited to confirm the long-term safety and efficacy of BVS in coronary bifurcations.
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U2 - 10.4244/EIJV11SVA41
DO - 10.4244/EIJV11SVA41
M3 - Article
C2 - 25983159
AN - SCOPUS:84929715406
SN - 1774-024X
VL - 11
SP - V170-V174
JO - EuroIntervention
JF - EuroIntervention
ER -